Russia: The man who had organized the assassination of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya

The man who had organized the assassination of the well-known Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in May 2006, the Ria Novosti agency reported in a well-informed source.

    The same source said Lom Ali Gaitukayev, who had been sentenced to life as responsible for organizing the murder of journalist Novakia Gazeta, suffered from several illnesses. Ria Novosti also reported that it has not been officially confirmed for the time being. But the news was also reported by the "Kafkaski Ouzel" website, citing Gaitukayev's relatives

    The well-known Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered on October 7, 2006 at the entrance of her home on Lesnaya Street in Moscow, but until recently the commanders of her murder have not been found. An incentive for her assassination, the official investigating authorities consider the dissatisfaction caused by the revelations that the journalist's journalistic investigations concluded.

    Lom Ali Gaitukayev was found guilty of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya in May 2014. Earlier, in 2012, former police officer Dmitry Pavliyucov, who had received $ 150,000 from Gaitukayev, was sentenced to 11 years in prison, who had given him Command to monitor Politkovskaya.

A life sentence was also sentenced by Rustam Mahmudov, a facilitator of Gaitukayev, and four other accomplices were sentenced to 12-20 years' imprisonment.

(Sources: ria.ru, novaya gazeta)

M.M.