Video: Anna Politkovskaya remembered, danger for activists continues in Russia

Two years after the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, human rights activists and journalists are still at risk in the Russian Federation, in particular in the North Caucasus region. They may be abducted and tortured, have their property attacked, receive death threats or killed in suspicious circumstances.

Natalia Estemirova -  a human rights activist from Chechnya, who closely worked with Anna Politkovskaya,  talks about her day to day work.


Anna Politkovskaya was murdered on 7 October 2006 in the centre of Moscow. Two years after the killing, three people accused of involvement in the crime are in detention, but her murderer is still at large and there has been no independent investigation into those who may have ordered the killing.