true 2009-02-19T08:00:02-08:00 The latest news and analysis about Anna Politkovskaya. Anna Politkovskaya, outspoken Russian journalist, was shot dead at close range as she arrived home from the grocery store on an October night in 2006. Her columns, which accused then-President Vladimir Putin of creating an atmosphere of lawlessness and dredged up the sadistic underbelly of the Chechen wars, had irritated the Kremlin for years. Anna Politkovskaya 2728 politkovskaya anna 1488 4214 9 true 2009-02-19T08:12:49-08:00 anna-politkovskaya ec04eb959997892deedb8f4f0e1dcaae TOPIC world/people/anna-politkovskaya