2,000 people attend Politkovskaya funeral - E Canada Now

Posted by admin in World (Tuesday October 10, 2006 at 7:00 am ) Funeral and mourning ceremonies took place in Russia Tuesday for investigative journalist and outspoken Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, who was assassinated at the weekend. More than 2,000 people including foreign diplomats attended a memorial service before Politkovskaya’s remains were interred at the Troyekurov cemetery in western Moscow. Services were also held in St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and other cities. “She ...