Activists in Moscow have installed a memorial plaque for the 21st time in honor of Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in 2006. The plaque, which reads, "Anna Politkovskaya lived in this house and was vilely murdered on October 7, 2006," has previously been destroyed by unknown assailants. Activists intend to continue restoring it until it remains in place forever.
A defendant in a case related to participation in the Russian-Chechen War received a nine-year sentence
The Southern District Military Court found Albert Elakayev, a resident of Stavropol, guilty of armed rebellion and attempted murder of military personnel for his participation in the Second Russian-Chechen War. He was sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security penal colony.
According to investigators, Elakayev joined the units of field commanders Shamil Basayev and Khattab no later than July 1999. He participated in an attack on the Botlikh District of Dagestan with them. Thirty-three Russian Defense Ministry servicemen were killed, and another 34 were wounded.
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