October 7th, 2010
Detectives with the federal Investigative Committee say they are examining an
expanded circle of suspects in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
The new suspects are said to be ethnic Chechens who wanted to get on the good side of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov. There is no evidence directly linking Kadyrov to the case. The original defendants are still considered as suspects.
Investigative Committee Chairman
Alexander Bastrykin told CPJ on 28 September that his agency was mistaken in “rushing” a previous case to trial.
September 30th, 2010
Top Russian investigators say they
guarantee to pursue 19 cases of murdered journalists presented to them by a delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists.
The CPJ delegation led by CPJ Chairman Paul Steiger and board member Kati Marton met with the Chairman of the Investigative Committee Bastrykin and other investigators examining the cases.
CPJ representatives met with the Investigative Committee in September 2009 to discuss unsolved cases concerning Russian journalists. This year they returned for an update.
The investigator told CPJ delegation that Alkhazur Bashayev, alleged
murderer of journalist Natalya Estemirova is alive. Authorities are trying to locate his whereabouts in Russia. Bastrykin also said he will find and arrest the suspected murderer of
Anna Politkovskaya, who has fled in Europe.
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