Anna Politkovskaya

Overview

Anna Politkovskaya born New York City August 30, 1958 (assassinated 2006). Russian war correspondent exposed brutality and corruption of Chechen War; rejecting usual military heroes, her heroine was village head Malika who openly cursed the generals and officials.

Quotations

"What a dirty war this is!" (A Small Corner of Hell, p. 223, 2003; 2005 photo Wikipedia)