A memorial plaque was destroyed on Anna Politkovskaya's house in Moscow.

Unknown individuals smashed a memorial plaque on the house where journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered. The journalist's children and the editorial staff of Novaya Gazeta have demanded a criminal investigation.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg brought flowers to her grave, the Novaya Gazeta office, and the memorial to the victims of repression on the 19th anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya's murder. Some of those convicted in her murder have already been released, but the mastermind behind the attack has not yet been convicted, Politkovskaya's colleagues recalled.

On January 18, vandals smashed a memorial plaque bearing Politkovskaya's name on Lesnaya Street in Moscow, the building where Novaya Gazeta columnist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered, RusNews reported.

The Novaya Gazeta editorial board demanded a criminal investigation. "There are no words. But they will be. The Novaya Gazeta editorial board and Anna Politkovskaya's children are demanding a criminal investigation be opened against the vandals," the newspaper's Telegram channel reported.

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Former security officer Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2014 for involvement in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, He was released early after taking part in military operations in Ukraine, his former lawyer said.

In 2023, the journalist's children called the pardon of Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, convicted of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, for participating in military operations in Ukraine an insult to her memory. Human rights activist Natalya Estemirova called the Politkovskaya murder trial a farce in early 2009. Friends feared for Anna Politkovskaya's safety for years, Estemirova said in a comment to the "Caucasian Knot" recorded less than six months before her own murder.

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"Caucasian Knot" publishes materials dedicated to Politkovskaya on the thematic page "Politkovskaya and Estemirova," which also publishes materials about Anna's friend, journalist and human rights activist Natalya Estemirova, who was killed in 2009 and also worked on the problems of residents of Chechnya.