Russia: Chechen Man on Trial in Killing Of Journalist Is Shot on Moscow Street
A Chechen man on trial in connection with the murder of the journalist and government critic Anna Politkovskaya was shot in a leg, his lawyer said on Friday, calling it an attempt to silence him. The defendant, Dzhabrail Makhmudov, is accused with his two brothers, their uncle and a former police officer of killing Ms. Politkovskaya at her Moscow home in 2006, a murder that came to symbolize the risks faced by critics of the Russian government. Mr. Makhmudov was shot on a Moscow street late on Wednesday, his lawyer said. Mr. Makhmudov’s brother Rustam has been charged with firing the shots that killed Ms. Politkovskaya, who had exposed state corruption and human rights violations in Chechnya.
