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Retired police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov was sentenced to 11 years in a high-security prison and a fine of 3 million rubles ($100,000) today for his role in the contract killing of Novaya Gazeta investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian Legal Information Agency reported from the Moscow City Court on Friday. Politkovskaya was shot dead on October 7, 2006 in an apartment block in central Moscow, where she lived.

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What drives foreigners to read Russian writers

October 26, 2012 Zakhar 
Prilepin

One of Russia’s more celebrated writers Zakhar Prilepin humorously dissects the hypocrisy of how westerners read about Russia, but encourages foreign readers to keep reading nonetheless

Politkovskaya Case Hits Court

October 3, 2008 The Moscow Times

The Prosecutor General's office has completed its investigation into the murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya and sent the case to court, Interfax reported Thursday.

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