Anna Politkovskaya
Mastermind behind murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya’s dies in prison
Lom-Ali Gaytukayev, who was sentenced to lifetime in prison for planning the 2006 murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, died in a penal colony in the Vologda Oblast on 10 June. Ekaterina Avtushko, head of the press-office of Federal Penitentiary Service in Vologda Oblast, has confirmed his death. His body was handed to his relatives, who will bury him in Chechnya. ‘He had a severe chronic illness. He was going through treatment for a long time’, Avtushko told RBK. Gaytu
