The death of Politkovskaya triggered an outcry in Western media,
with accusations that, at best, Putin has failed to protect the country's new independent media.
On 7 October 2006, Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist who exposed corruption in the Russian army and its conduct in Chechnya,
was shot in the lobby of her apartment building.
On 7 October 2006, Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist who ran a campaign exposing corruption in the Russian army
and its conduct in Chechnya, was shot in the lobby of her apartment building.