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In un anno quanto è cambiato? Nulla direi. La Politkovskaya aspetta ancora che la sua scomparsa, assieme a quella di troppi altri coraggiosi giornalisti, trovi un senso. E l'unica cosa che potrebbe dare un senso alla loro morte è la verità. Verità su chi li ha uccisi. Verità su quello che denunciavano. Verità.

Non dimentichiamoli mai.

1992

Sergey Bogdanovsky, correspondent of TV "Ostankino", killed in Moscow

1993

Rory Peck, ARD Germany operator, killed in Moscow on 3 October
Ivan Scopan, TF-1 France operator, killed in Moscow on 3 October
Igor Belozerov, 4th Channel Ostankino, killed in Moscow on 3 October
Sergey Krasilnikov, editor of TV "Ostankino", killed in Moscow on 3 October
Vladimir Drobyshev, "People and nature" journal, killed in Moscow on 3 October
Alexander Sidelnikov, freelance journalist from Saint Petersburg, killed in Moscow on 4 October
Alexander Smirnov, Yoshkar-Ola based Youth Courier newspaper, killed in Moscow on 4 October
Elena Tkacheva, proof-reader for Kuban Courier newspaper, killed in Krasnodar on 29 November as a result of a bomb exploding in the newspapers building
Marina Iskanderova, journalist of a local TV station, murdered in her apartment in Nadym in December
Dmitry Krikoryants, correspondent for Express Chronicle journal, murdered in his own apartment in Chechnya on 14 or 15 April. That time Chechnya was de facto independent and was not controlled by the federal government.

1994

Dmitry Kholodov journalist of the Moskovskij Komsomolets newspaper. Died on October 17, 1994, when a booby-trapped briefcase he had collected from a source exploded in his newspaper's offices.

1995

Vladimir Zhitarenko, correspondent of the "Red Star" newspaper;
Shahman Kagirov, correspondent of the Vosrozhdenie newspaper;
Ferhad Kerimov, cameraman of Associated Press;
Vladislav Listyev, head of the ORT TV Channel, killed in Moscow on March 1;
Evgeniy Molchanov, cameraman of NTV TV channel;
Yohan Pist, correspondent of the Stern magazine;
Feliks Titov, correspondent of the Nevskoe Vremya newspaper; Kidnaped and killed by fiters of Chechen terrorist Ruslan Haihoroev;
Maksim Shablin, correspondent of the Nevskoe Vremya newspaper; Kidnaped and killed by fiters of Chechen terrorist Ruslan Haihoroev;
Valentin Janus, cameraman of Pskov sity TV channel;

1996

Lev Bogomolov, Kaluga Vechernyaya chief editor
Anatoly Belousov, assistant chief editor of Krasnaya Zvezda
Ivan Gogun, Groznenskiy Rabochiy correspondent
Marina Gorelova, reporter for television company Otechestvo
Nina Efimova, correspondent for Vozrozhdeniye
Alexander Zaitsev, director of Forward (cable television)
Viktor Mikhaylov, crime news correspondent for Zabaykalskiy Rabochiy
Viktor Pemenov, Vaynakh television company oeprator
Sergei Semisotov, Editor of Traktir po Pyatnitsam, murdered in Volgograd
Oleg Slaybnko, founder of the corporation Moment Istiny, producer of a program of the same name, director of Channel 1 Ostankino, murdered in his apartment
Felix Solovyov, Aeroflot journal editorial board, killed in Moscow
Anatoliy Tyutnikov, assistant chief editor of Vecherniy Peterburg
Ramzan Khodzhiyev, ORT correspondent, killed in Chechnya
Nadezhda Chaykova, investigative journalist for Obshchaya Gazeta, killed in Chechnya
Nikita Chigarkov, staff member of Utrenniy Ekspress, beaten to death and robbed in Moscow
Kim En Chan, correspondent for various Sakhalin nespapers and the journal Blagodatnaya Semya, killed in Moscow
Yuriy Shmakov, Otechestvo TV correspondent
Anatoliy Yagodin, correspondent for Na Boyevom Postu, killed by Chechen militants

1998

Ivan Fedunin, correspondent of the "Brianskie Izvestiya" newspaper;
Farid Sidaui, correspondent of the "Prosto nedvizhimost" magazine;
Larisa Judina, correspondent of the "Sovetskaya Kalmikiya Segodnya" newspaper;

1999

Ramzan Megidov, correspondent of the TVC TV channel;
Supiyan Epengiev, correspondent of the "Groznenskiy Rabochiy" newspaper;

2000

Vladimir Yatsina, February 20, 2000. A correspondent for ITAR-TASS, he was kidnapped and later killed by a group of Wahhabis in Chechnya
Aleksandr Yefremov, May 12, 2000, Chechnya. A photojournalist of the western Siberian newspaper Nashe Vremya was killed in Chechnya when rebels blew up a military jeep in which he was riding. On previous assignments, Yefremov had won acclaim for his news photographs from the war-torn region.
Igor Domnikov, from Novaya Gazeta, July 16, 2000, Moscow. Unknown assassin hit him repeatedly on the head with a hammer in the entryway of his apartment building in Moscow. The killer was never found. Domnikov covered social and cultural issues. Some believes that the assailant mistook Domnikov for a Novaya Gazeta reporter Oleg Sultanov who claimed to receive threats from the FSB for "reporting on corruption in the Russian oil industry".
Sergey Novikov, Radio Vesna, July 26, 2000, Smolensk. He was shot and killed in the stairwell of his apartment building. It is claimed he often criticized the government of Smolensk Region.
Iskandar Khatloni, US state controlled Radio Free Europe which beams daily news programming to Tajikistan, September 21, 2000, Moscow. He was killed at night with axe in his Moscow apartment by an unknown assailant. The motive of the murder is unknown. A RFE/RL spokeswoman said Khatloni worked on stories about the human-rights abuses in Chechnya.
Sergey Ivanov, Lada-TV, October 3, 2000, Togliatti. He was shot five times in the head and chest in front of his apartment building. He was director of Lada-TV, the largest independent television company in Togliatti, which was an important player on the local political scene.

Adam Tepsurgayev, Reuters, November 21, 2000, Chechnya. A Chechen cameraman, he was shot at his neighbor's house in the village of Alkhan-Kala. He produced most of Reuters' footage from Chechnya in 2000, including shots of Chechen rebel Shamil Basayev having his foot amputated.

2001

Eduard Markevich, 29, editor and publisher of local newspaper Novy Reft in Sverdlovsk Region, was found dead (shot in the back) on September 18. He often criticized local officials and claimed he had received threatening telephone phone calls prior to the murder.

2002

Natalia Skryl, the Nashe Vremya newspaper, Taganrog town;
Konstantin Pogodin, the Novoye Delo newspaper, Nizhni Novgorod city;
Valeri Batuev, Moscow News newspaper, Moscow;
Sergei Kalinovski, the Moskovskij Komsomolets, Smolensk;
Vitali Sakhn-Val'da, photojournalist, Kursk town;
Leonid Shevchenko, the Pervoye Chteniye newspaper, Volgograd;
Valeri Ivanov, the chief editor for the Tol'yattinskoye Obozrenie newspaper, the Samara region;
Sergei Zhabin, the press service of the governor of the Moscow region;
Nikolai Vasiliev, Cheboksary city, Chuvashia;
Leonid Kuznetsov, the Mescherskaya Nov' newspaper, the Ryazan region;
Paavo Voutilainen, a former main editor of the Kareliya magazine, Kareliya;
Roddy Scott, the Frontline-TV TV Company, from Great Britain.
Alexandr Plotnikov, the Gostiny Dvor newspaper, Tyumen city;
Oleg Sedinko, the founder of the Novaya Volna TV and Radio Company, Vladivostok city;
Nikolai Razmolodin, the general director of the Europroject TV and Radio Company, Ulyanovsk town;
Igor Salikov, the chief of the Department of information safety of the Moskovskij Komsomolets newspaper in Penza;
Leonid Plotnikov, the publishing house "Periodicals of the Mari-El", Yoshkar-Ola.

2003

Aleksei Sidorov, Tolyatinskoye Obozreniye, October 9, 2003, Togliatti. He was the second editor-in-chief of local newspaper, "Tolyatinskoye Obozreniye" to be shot to death. His predecessor, Valery Ivanov, was shot in April 2002. The newspaper was known for reporting on organized crime and corruption in the industrial city of Togliatti.
Yuri Shchekochikhin, Novaya Gazeta, July 3, 2003, Moscow. Deputy editor of the Novaya Gazeta and the State Duma senator, he died just a few days before his scheduled trip to USAto discuss the results of his journalist investigation with FBI officials. He investigated "Three Whales Corruption Scandal" that allegedly involved high-ranking FSB officials. Shchekochikhin died from an acute allergic reaction. There are many speculations about cause of his death.
Dmitry Shvets, TV-21 Northwestern Broadcasting, April 18, 2003, Murmansk. He was deputy director of the independent television station TV-21 Northwestern Broadcasting. He was shot dead outside his station offices. Shvets' colleagues said their station had received multiple threats for its reporting on influential local politicians.

2004

Yefim Sukhanov, ATK-Media, Archangelsk;
Farit Urazbayev, cameraman, Vladivostok TV/Radio Company, city of Vladivostok;
Adlan Khassanov, Reuters reporter, killed in Grozny;
Shangysh Mondush, correspondent for newspaper Khemchiktin Syldyzy, Tuva Republic;
Paul Klebnikov, editor of Russian version of Forbes magazine, Moscow;
Payl Peloyan, editor of Armyansky Pereulok magazine, Moscow;
Zoya Ivanova, BGTRK broadcaster, Republic of Buryatia;
Vladimir Pritchin, editor-in-chief of North Baikal TV/Radio Company, Republic of Buryatia;
Ian Travinsky, Saint Petersburg, killed in Irkutsk;

2005

Pavel Makeyev, reporter for TNT-Pulse Company, Rostov-on-Don;
Magomedzaghid Varisov, Makhachkala;
Alexander Pitersky, Baltika Radio reporter, Saint Petersburg;
Vladimir Pashutin, newspaper Smolensky Literator, Smolensk;
Tamirlan Kazikhanov, press service head, Anti-Terrorist Center of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs's Main Department for the Southern Federal District, Nalchik;
Kira Lezhneva, reporter, newspaper "Kamensky Worker", Sverdlovsk Region.

2006

Vadim Kuznetsov, editor-in-chief of journal "World and home. Saint Petersburg", killed in Saint Petersburg
Vaghif Kochetkov, newspaper Trud (Labor), killed in Tula
Ilya Zimin, worked for NTV Russia television channel, killed in Moscow by an acquaintance
Vyacheslav Akatov, special reporter, Business Moscow TV show, killed in Moscow Region
Anton Kretenchuk, cameraman, 38th TV Channel, killed in Rostov-on-Don
Yevgeny Gerasimenko, Saratovsky Rasklad newspaper, Saratov
Vlad Kidanov, freelance journalist, Cheboksary
Alexander Petrov, editor-in-chief, Right for Choice magazine, killed near Omsk - in Altai Republic
Vyacheslav Plotnikov, reporter, 41st TV Channel, Voronezh
Anna Politkovskaya, observer, newspaper Novaya Gazeta, Moscow, shot in her apartment building's elevator;

2007

Marina Pisareva, deputy head of Russian office of German media group Bertelsmann was found dead at her country cottage outside Moscow in April
Konstantin Brovko, journalist of TV company "Gubernia" (Russian: "Губерния"), killed in Khabarovsk. His killer was arrested and jailed.
Ivan Safronov, Military columnist of newspaper "Kommersant". Died in Moscow on March 2 - cause of death disputed.

2008

Ilyas Shurpayev, Dagestani journalist responsible for news coverage of Northern Caucasus on Channel One, was strangled with a belt by robbers in Moscow.
Gaji Abashilov, chief of Dagestan outlet of VGTRK, shot in his car.
Magomed Yevloyev, owner of Ingushetiya.ru, shot while in custody of Ingush police officers.
Abdulla Alishayev, Dagestani journalist fatally wounded by unknown assailants.

2009

Stanislav Markelov, a prominent lawyer, journalist, and opponent of human rights abuses in Chechnya, who was shot and killed on a Moscow street on 19 January 2009.
Anastasia Baburova (Novaya Gazeta). She was with human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov, who reportedly was the target of the assassin. She tried to come to Markelov's assistance, was also shot and killed in the same attack on 19 January 2009.
Natalia Estemirova A human rights defender, worked in Russian "Memorial" society, who investigated murders and abductions. She was abducted in Grozny and found dead inIngushetia.
Malik Akhmedilov, sub-editor of the Avar language newspaper "Khakikat", was found shot dead near the Dagestan capital Makhachkala on Augist 11, 2009.

Journalists killed or wounded who reported on the conflict in Chechnya

1990s

Cynthia Elbaum. On assignment for Time magazine, Cynthia was photographing in the streets of Grozny, when she was killed in a Russian bombing raid in 1994.
Vladimir Zhitarenko, a veteran military correspondent for the Russian armed forces daily Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star), was hit by two sniper bullets outside the town of Tolstoy-Yurt, near the Chechen capital of Grozny on December 31, 1994.
Nina Yefimova, a reporter for local newspaper "Revival" was abducted from her apartment and killed together with her mother. Journalists in Grozny and Moscow believe that her murder was related to stories she had published on crime in Chechnya.
Jochen Piest. On January 10, 1995, Piest was killed in a suicide attack by a Chechen rebel against a Russian mine-clearing unit in the village of Chervlyonna, about 24 kilometers northeast of the Chechen capital, Grozny. The rebel was firing his submachine gun as he drove a small diesel locomotive at high speed toward a Russian troop train parked on the track. Piest was fatally hit by three bullets. Rossiskaya Gazeta correspondent Vladimir Sorokin was wounded in the attack. The gunman died when the locomotive collided with the military train.
Farkhad Kerimov. Farkhad Kerimov was murdered on May 22 1995 while filming for Associated Press on the rebel side of Chechnya. No motive has ever been established for the killing.
Natalya Alyakina. Natalya Alyakina, a free-lance correspondent for German news outlets, was shot dead in June by a soldier after clearing a Russian checkpoint near the southern Russian city of Budyonnovsk.
Shamkhan Kagirov. Kagirov, a reporter for the Moscow daily newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta and the local paper Vozrozheniye, was shot and killed in an ambush in Chechnya. Kagirov and three local police officers were traveling in a car near Grozny when they were attacked. The three officers were also killed.
Viktor Pimenov. In March 11, 1996, he was fatally shot in the back by a sniper positioned on the roof of a 16-story building in Grozny, the Chechen capital. Pimenov had been filming the devastation caused by the March 6-9 rebel raid on the city.
Nadezhda Chaikova. On March 20, 1996, Chaikova disappeared while on assignment. Her body was found buried in the Chechen village of Geikhi on April 11, blindfolded and bearing signs of beatings. The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the back of the head. According to documents from Dudaev's archive, that came into hands of Russian special services in 2002, she was killed by people from so called "Department of state security of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria" (Russian: Департамент государственной безопасности ЧРИ).
Supian Ependiyev. On the evening of October 27, 1999, several short-range ballistic missile hit a crowded outdoor market in central Grozny, killing or wounding hundreds of people. About an hour after the attack, Ependiyev went to the scene to cover the carnage for his paper. As he was leaving the site, a new round of rockets fell about 200 meters from the bazaar. Ependiyev suffered severe shrapnel wounds and died in a Grozny hospital the next morning. According to other sources, he died two days later.
Ramzan Mezhidov. The journalists were covering a refugee convoy en route, along the Baku-Rostov highway, from Grozny to Nazran in neighboring Ingushetia. As the convoy approached the Chechen town of Shaami Yurt, a Russian fighter bomber fired several rockets from the air, hitting a busload of refugees. Despite warnings from colleagues traveling with them, Mezhidov and Gigayev left their vehicle to film the carnage. As they approached the bus, another Russian rocket hit a nearby truck, fatally wounding both journalists.
Vladimir Yatsina, a correspondent for ITAR-TASS was kidnapped and killed by a group of Wahhabis in Chechnya on July 19, 1999.

2000s

Antonio Russo, an Italian freelance journalist killed on October 16, 2000, in Tbilisi, Georgia, his body found near a Russian army base. He was in the Georgian capital city to document the Chechnya conflict as a Radio Radicale reporter, an Italian radio station belonging to the Partito Radicale. His body had numerous injuries caused by tortures, probably from military techniques. None of his tapes, articles and writings in his Georgian apartment have been found.
Aleksandr Yefremov. A photojournalist of the western Siberian newspaper Nashe Vremya was killed in Chechnya when rebels blew up a military jeep in which he was riding. On previous assignments, Yefremov had won acclaim for his news photographs from the war-torn region.
Roddy Scott. On September 26, 2002, Scott was killed in the Russian republic of Ingushetia. Russian soldiers found his body in Ingushetia's Galashki region, near the border with Chechnya, following a bloody battle between Russian forces and a group of Chechen fighters.
Magomedzagid Varisov, a political scientist and journalist, was shot to death near his home in Makhachkala. He "had received threats, was being followed and had unsuccessfully sought help from the local police" according to Committee to Protect Journalists. Sharia Jamaat claimed responsibility for the murder.
Natalia Khusainova Estemirova was an award-winning Russian human rights activist, and board member of the Russian human rights organisation Memorial killed 1n 15 July 2009.Estemirova was abducted on 15 July 2009 around 8:30 a.m. from her home in Grozny, Chechnya as she was working on "extremely sensitive" cases of human rights abuses in Chechnya, by unknown persons while two witnesses reportedly saw Estermirova being pushed into a car shouting that she was being abducted. She was found with bullet wounds in the head and chest was found at 4:30 p.m. in woodland 100 m (328 ft) away from the federal road "Kavkaz" near the village of Gazi-Yurt, Nazran.

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