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Russian reformers mourn death of prominent journalist.


"The authorities are cowards. Why didn't they come? Are they afraid even of a dead [Anya] Politkovskaya?" As freedom of the press wanes in Russia, former Deputy Prime Minister A Deputy Prime Minister or Vice Prime Minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting Prime Minister when the real Prime Minister is temporarily absent.  Boris Nemtsov Boris Efimovich Nemtsov (Russian: Борис Ефимович Немцов  noted that no ranking government official attended the funeral of the gunned-down journalist. Politkovskaya's criticism of Vladimir Putin's government for its conduct regarding Chechnya won her praise from some, and condemnation Condemnation
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Title Annotation:Anna Politkovskaya
Author:McManus, John F.
Publication:The New American
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:4EXRU
Date:Nov 13, 2006
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