The Christian Science Monitor, October 13th, 2006
Byline: The Monitor's View
Of the thousand-plus Russians who waited in a steady Moscow drizzle to honor slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya this week, many did not personally know her. They came, as one said, because she was one of the "few people who speak for us."
Independent journalists, human rights activists, and others devoted to freedom and rights in Russia are dwindling. They've been muzzled by the Putin government's near total control of media, partial rollback of democratic government, laws restricting nongovernmental organizations, threats, and arrests. It's unclear who ordered ...
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