Former police officer charged with murdering journalist Politkovskaya
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MOSCOW, October 27 - RAPSI. The investigators officially charged on Thursday former police officer Sergei Hadzhikurbanov with organizing the murder of renowned journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a source in the law enforcement services told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI).
Politkovskaya, who was well-known for her investigative journalism on human rights offenses in Chechnya, was killed in Moscow on October 7, 2006.
The investigators believe her journalistic activities prompted her murder.
The charges brought against Hadzhikurbanov were revised as new individuals have been included into the case, the source said. The police have detained the alleged murderer Rustam Makhmudov and former police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov.
The investigators are also expected to bring revised charges against other defendants, he added.
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