The Russian government needs to be more vigilant of the safety of its citizens even when they complain.
Russia, at some point in time, has to admit not all the 'foot soldiers' within its country are marching to the same set of rules and values. There are 'elements' that need to be contended with. Elements that sometimes exist 'in convenience' if not legitimacy.
Post Oligarchy is an interesting dynamic to say the least. I wish the President a great deal of success in purging this 'element' from his country.
UPDATE 1-Watchdog says Russia steps up efforts in media murders (click title to entry - thank you)
...But the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it had seen a new attitude in a meeting with the head of the federal Investigative Committee, which reopened formal probes into five of the slayings and vowed to actively pursue the other cases.
"The atmosphere was different this time," CPJ board member Kati Marton told reporters in Moscow. She said the New York-based group was "impressed by the seriousness" of Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin.
Russia ranks eighth on CPJ's "Impunity Index", a listing of countries where journalists are killed regularly and governments fail to solve the crimes. The CPJ says there have been 19 unsolved murders since 2000, when Vladimir Putin came to power....
Anna Politkovskaya - In Memoriam one year later (click here)
Published 07 October, 2007, 23:16
...Members of her family and colleagues from Novaya Gazeta went to the cemetery where she is buried. Her colleagues also joined a rally at Pushkin Square and later made their way to her apartment....
