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Politkovskaya 'predicted' Russia's turn under Putin, editor says on 20th anniversary of her death

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Ahead of the 20th anniversary of journalist Anna Politkovskaya's assassination in 2006, her former editor stated that the Russian journalist had 'predicted' Moscow's trajectory under President Vladimir Putin two decades prior. Politkovskaya, who died in her Moscow apartment block on October 7, 2006, had previously reported on the Chechen war and Putin's ascent before her murder.

Key points

• Former editor Anna Politkovskaya claimed she 'predicted' Moscow's trajectory under Vladimir Putin 20 years before her 2006 assassination.
• The prediction was made ahead of the 20th anniversary of her death on October 7, 2006.

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Evidence is limited to a single statement from a former editor regarding a specific prediction made by the journalist two decades before her death. No data on the accuracy of the prediction, the journalist's specific words, or the political context of the prediction is provided.

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