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A retrial over the killing of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya has opened in Moscow. | A retrial over the killing of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya has opened in Moscow. |
Sergei Khadzhikurbanov and brothers Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov were acquitted in February of involvement in Ms Politkovskaya's death. | Sergei Khadzhikurbanov and brothers Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov were acquitted in February of involvement in Ms Politkovskaya's death. |
But critics said the trial was farcical and Russia's Supreme Court ordered a retrial over procedural violations. | But critics said the trial was farcical and Russia's Supreme Court ordered a retrial over procedural violations. |
Ms Politkovskaya was a staunch critic of the Kremlin - her supporters allege official involvement in her death. | Ms Politkovskaya was a staunch critic of the Kremlin - her supporters allege official involvement in her death. |
The Kremlin has dismissed such claims. | The Kremlin has dismissed such claims. |
None of the three men standing trial in Moscow are accused of being the actual killer. | None of the three men standing trial in Moscow are accused of being the actual killer. |
The suspected gunman, Rustam Makhmudov - brother of two of the other suspects - has still not been caught. And campaigners say it is those who ordered the killing that they really want to see in the dock. | The suspected gunman, Rustam Makhmudov - brother of two of the other suspects - has still not been caught. And campaigners say it is those who ordered the killing that they really want to see in the dock. |
Ms Politkovskaya was shot in her apartment building in 2006 | |
The Supreme Court decision to order a retrial - taking place at the same military court in Moscow where the first trial was held - came after prosecutors appealed against the original not-guilty verdicts. | The Supreme Court decision to order a retrial - taking place at the same military court in Moscow where the first trial was held - came after prosecutors appealed against the original not-guilty verdicts. |
The process of the trial was also strongly criticised by Russian journalists and human rights groups. | The process of the trial was also strongly criticised by Russian journalists and human rights groups. |
Ms Politkovskaya's supporters have always said that even guilty verdicts would not be satisfactory while the killer remains at large. | Ms Politkovskaya's supporters have always said that even guilty verdicts would not be satisfactory while the killer remains at large. |
Her son, Ilya Politkovsky, told the AFP news agency he would use the retrial to "insist that the case be sent back to investigators". | Her son, Ilya Politkovsky, told the AFP news agency he would use the retrial to "insist that the case be sent back to investigators". |
Ms Politkovskaya, who gained prominence by exposing human rights abuses by the Russian army in Chechnya, was shot dead in the entrance hall of her apartment building in Moscow in 2006. | Ms Politkovskaya, who gained prominence by exposing human rights abuses by the Russian army in Chechnya, was shot dead in the entrance hall of her apartment building in Moscow in 2006. |
She was the 13th journalist to be killed in a contract-style killing in Russia during Vladimir Putin's period as president, according to the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists. | She was the 13th journalist to be killed in a contract-style killing in Russia during Vladimir Putin's period as president, according to the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists. |