Anna Politkovo biography Wikipedia

Childhood and education [Edit Edit Source] was born in New York, where her parents were in diplomatic work. In the early X received US citizenship. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University in the year. Her diploma work was devoted to the work of Marina Tsvetaeva. The journalistic activity of [edit edit source] Politkovskaya possessed very medium journalistic and literary abilities, but in excess of measure was endowed with ambitions.

She was looking for her way to satisfy these ambitions for many years. In the years - the observer, editor of the department of emergency accidents of the General Newspaper. Since the year - the observer of Novaya Gazeta. She repeatedly went to the combat zones. For a series of reports from Chechnya in January of the year, Anna Politkovskaya was awarded the Golden Pen of Russia Award.

She was awarded: the Prize of the Union of Journalists of the Russian Federation “Good Act - Good Heart”, Award of the Union of Journalists for Materials to Combat Corruption, Golden Gong diploma for a series of materials about Chechnya. Its last publication in Novaya Gazeta - “punitive conspiracy” - was dedicated to the composition and activities of Chechen detachments fighting on the side of the federal forces.

Colonel General, Hero of Russia, Gennady Troshev, in his memoirs gives the following characteristic episode from the Chechen activities of Politkovskaya: I was brought into such undeveloped thoughts by a sensational story with the correspondent of Novaya Gazeta A. Politkovskaya, who in August accompanied the humanitarian cargo for the nursing home in Grozny.

The military, as expected, formed a column, allocated enhanced protection any advancement of people around the city is unsafe.

But the journalist, it seems, did not think about it. Along the way, it required unprotiped stops to solve some of its problems. Once again, stopping the column, ordered the military to wait and dissolved in one of the city quarters. For almost an hour, soldiers and officers stuck out on the street as an excellent target for militants. The commander was all exhausted: just one grenade on the board of an armored personnel carrier or a sniper bullet from the window would be enough for the tragedy.

This is exactly what he expressed by the returning journalist, who immediately splashed off the insults on the military ears. Later, her article appeared in the newspaper, where she repeated the accusations to the military of all grave sins: they say, they and the panties and loafers [3]. The financing of Anna Politkovskaya [Edit Edit Source] Politkovskaya, received regular payments, in the form of bonuses, from Western sponsors.

With the wording "For publications on the state of human rights in Chechnya." Monetary expression - 20 thousand Sakharov was established by Peter Vince "Journalism as an act." Monetary expression - 5. Cash expression - monetary expression - $ 10. With the wording “For a book of reports, published in French called“ Chechnya - shame of Russia ”. Monetary expression - 50 euros.

Monetary expression - 7 euros. With the wording "For achievements in the struggle for peace." Monetary expression - 50 thousand cash expression - 30 thousand with the wording "For courage". The monetary expression is not defined. With the wording "For reports about the war in Chechnya." The monetary expression is definitely not determined about 15 thousand.