$2 million paid for murder of Politkovskaya

The murderer of Kremlin critic, journalist Anna Politkovskaya received $2 million to carry out the deed, a witness testified in a Moscow military court on Friday. Witness Lom-Ali Gaitukayev, who is currently serving a 12 year sentence for an unrelated crime, gave evidence on Friday in a closed court after prosecutors stated he could be in possession of sensitive information of state importance. Gaitukayev is a relative of the two Chechen brothers Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov who are on trial as accomplices in the murder. According to the defence lawyer, an unnamed Russian politician is named in the indictment as paying for the contract murder.

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