People demonstrate in front of the Russian Embassy, 09 September 2006 in Paris, after the murder of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed in Moscow 07 October 2006. Anna Politkovskaya had been preparing an article on torture in Chechnya, her newspaper said. Police confirmed that a leading theory was "murder in connection with the victim's social or professional duties". The United States and the Council of Europe joined Russian politicians, journalists and human rights activists in condemning the murder. AFP PHOTO DOMINIQUE FAGET (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
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