Ten people, suspected of being involved in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, have been arrested. This information was communicated today by General Prosecutor Chaika at the press-conference. It was also confirmed by the special investigator from Prosecutor General’s Office Pyotr Garibyan. A charge has been brought against the arrested about several episodes of their criminal activity. The court legitimated detentions made from 15 to 23 August and gave sanction for arrest. Active investigation actions are being carried out now – interrogations and searches.
Of course, it’s too early to talk about solving Politkovskaya’s murder. It’s not all accomplices who are detained while the guilt of those who are arrested is to be proved. In such a complicated case mistakes are possible while presumption of innocence cannot be canceled even considering that was the murder in the first degree. All must be proved cogently so that the case not cracks in the court. That is why we cannot disclose all the details known to the journalists from the Novaya who continue their own investigation of the Anya’s murder.
So who is arrested? First, these are several members of rather big and rather known criminal ethnic gang specializing in contract murders. Second, it’s several officers (former and acting ones) from law enforcement bodies and special service who received orders for a cover of murders and other criminal actions and also had their own racketeer’s business. We know their record of service and their record of criminal episodes and we have an idea of how roles were assigned in the preparation and completion of Anna Politkovskaya’s murder.
The number of the arrested and those who are to be arrested says about several points. First, one may assume that separate investigations by Prosecutor General’s Office and by the Novaya Gazeta came to at least two stable criminal groups that cooperate “fruitfully” with each other. This is interpenetration of crime and law enforcement bodies that Anna wrote about many times. This is absence of control that makes warrant officers and majors sell their official powers. It must be stressed that this is the joint business established years ago and based on the grave crime and offence. If we unraveled this tangle, then the details of many celebrated unsolved cases would be disclosed.
http://en.novayagazeta.ru/data/2007/64/04.htmlNovaya Gazeta Hits the Internet in English
Novaya Gazeta is now available in English -- but only on the Internet.
The newspaper, known for its investigative reporting, started posting translations of select articles on the web site en.novayagazeta.ru Thursday.
"We will not translate the whole paper because not every article interests foreign readers," Novaya Gazeta's online editor, Sergei Asriyants, said Monday.
The newspaper is 90 percent owned by billionaire State Duma Deputy Alexander Lebedev, while the rest is owned by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/08/28/017.html
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