Russia arrests 10 over murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya
A group suspected of killing the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was led by an ethnic Chechen organised crime boss, Russian authorities said.
Yuri Chaika, the prosecutor general, also told a press conference that the killers included serving government officers.
"The group was headed by a leader of a Moscow criminal group of Chechen origin," Mr Chaika said. "We have evidence that this group took part in the killing of [the US journalist] Paul Klebnikov ... Unfortunately, this group included retired and acting interior ministry and FSB (Federal Security Service) officers.
Her last incomplete article, published in October 2006, contained allegations of torture by pro-Russian Chechen security forces. Her newspaper, Noveya Gazeta, carried eyewitness accounts and photos of people with injuries said to have been sustained under torture.
Putin's Russia by Anna Politkovskaya.
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