The Face of the “Killer”
The investigation into Anna Politkovskaya murder took another turn yesterday when the Russian news site Life.ru published the photo of the main suspect. According to the website, the suspect, Rustam Makhmudov, the older brother of three individuals arrested by Russian authorities in August, is said to be hiding in London. Life.ru doesn’t say where this information comes from or who leaked the photo to them, but the London connection is sure to fuel the belief that Berezovsky is behind the whole thing.
This is what the Prosecutor’s Office thinks. Thus far, Russian investigators have insisted that Berezovsky was behind the murder. When Izvestiia asked Dmitrii Dovgii, the chief investigator at the Prosecutor Generals Office, who ordered Politkovskaya murder, he answered, “Our profound belief is that its Boris Abromovich Berezovsky through Hoj-Akhmed Nukhaev” (Nukhaev is said to also have organized Paul Klebnikov’s murder.) Shortly before the Izvestiia interview, ..read more
