# Politkovskaya 'predicted' Russia's trajectory under Putin, former editor says

https://mins.news/en/item/89290

- France 24, 2026-10-07 08:32 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20261007-anna-politkovskaya-the-slain-reporter-who-predicted-russia-future

> Ahead of the 20th anniversary of her death, Anna Politkovskaya’s former editor said the assassinated Russian journalist had “predicted” Moscow’s trajectory under President Vladimir Putin. She reported on the Chechen war and Putin’s rise before being shot dead in her Moscow apartment block on October 7, 2006.

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