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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Novaya Gazeta

Novaya Gazeta stories: 4 news summaries

Russia Orders Retrial in Journalist's Murder

Supreme Court throws out acquittals in Politkovskaya case

Jun 25, 09 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia's Supreme Court has overturned the acquittals of three men in the murder of crusading journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and ordered a retrial, reports the BBC. Prosecutors claimed that judicial irregularities and misinformation led to an improper verdict, and Politkovskaya's newspaper colleagues have accused the police of shoddy work. Despite international... More »

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Russia • Moscow • murder • Kremlin • Chechnya • journalists killed • journalist • Anna Politkovskaya • Novaya Gazeta

 4 Acquitted in Russian 
 Journalist's Murder 

Politkovskaya's killer remains at large after shambolic trial

Feb 19, 09 8:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Four men were acquitted today on charges related to the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a prominent Russian journalist shot dead in 2006. Two Chechen brothers and a former Moscow policeman were found not guilty of offering operational support to her killer, and a Russian spy was cleared in a related... More »

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Russia • murder • Chechnya • journalists killed • journalist • Anna Politkovskaya • Novaya Gazeta • Ramzan Kadurov

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Russian oligarch buying iconic London paper for token sum

Jan 16, 09 8:19 AM CST
(Newser) - A Russian oligarch with a past in the KGB is set to buy one of London's most visible newspapers, at the knockdown price of just a buck and a half. Alexander Lebedev will acquire the Evening Standard for the token price—the cost of two copies—from a media conglomerate... More »

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newspaper • London • KGB • Anna Politkovskaya • Novaya Gazeta • British media • Russian oligarchs • Alexander Lebedev • Evening Standard

Paper Hunts Journalist's Killers

Nine in custody, gunman still on the run

Oct 8, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and Russian prosecutors know the identity of the assassin who gunned down journalist and outspoken Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, whose murder caused international outrage a year ago. Since her death nine people have been arrested, but the gunman and the person who ordered the killing remain... More »

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Vladimir Putin • murder • Kremlin • Anna Politkovskaya • Novaya Gazeta • Dmitry A. Muratov • Moscow Helsinki Group • Lyudmila M. Alekseyeva

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