Russian reporter shot dead. Assassination? Conspiracy?

Damn it has been awhile since I have actually posted here!

If you read the news, by now I am sure you've heard about a Russian reporter who was killed while in an elevator. She was best known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya.

In April, she contacted The New York Times and said she had evidence of torture by Mr. Kadyrov's police and other gunmen. She told the Times at least one witness had been tortured by Mr. Kadyrov himself. The Russian prime minister has denied the allegations.

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Now the 'lead russian prosecutor" has taken over the case.

The move by Prosecutor-General Yury Chaika came Sunday as colleagues of slain reporter Anna Politkovskaya said she was about to publish a story alleging torture and abductions in Chechnya by Russian servicemen.

There has been an international outcry over this.

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I don't know about you guys but I theorize the Russian Government had her assassinated because she was literally going to destroy them & they wanted to maintain their power. Specifically, that Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov had her assassinated.

I believe they are trying to cover it up now by bringing in the best Russian prosecutor. Because of the international outcry, I believe that they should have an international prosecutor handle it. Right now it smells even more like a cover-up to me. Five bucks say that they pull a bum off the street & give him to the death penalty.

Ten bucks says it'll be the end of the current Russian Government.

Discuss.

I did use some clips from the articles in this one.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Maybe I am a little optimistic but it could happen. This is the first time that this has caused such an international outcry. I did not realize until this that Russia had become so corrupt.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I do have a vague understanding of that government and that country. I've never really cared about Russia until now.

@ Styphon: No. I am saying it's possible. Currently, we don't know how far up the ladder this goes. It's a remote possibility.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

You sound like you believe Putin had nothing to do with this. Have you forgotten about the war President Vladimir Putin has been putting on the media? Reporters have found it much more difficult to report these stories ever since he became president. Is it so far fetched to believe that Putin may be involved somewhere?

EDIT:

I wanted to add something to strengthen my position/conspiracy theory.

Quote:

...The country's top prosecutor, Yury Chaika, announced that he had personally taken control of the investigation into her death, another familiar response to a wave of contract killings.

See the section I underlined? So appearently he has taken control of them before with no arrests/break-throughs. Don't forget, ever since Vladimir Putin took office... the media has been under serious fire.

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Originally Posted by Lord Styphon

I like how this post is entirely different from the post you originally made.

You said that you felt that the Russian government was behind this, and did it because she was "literally going to destroy them", and that her death was going to bring down the Russian government somehow. I scoff at the idea that she was a danger to the Russian government, either alive or dead.

Your underlined section isn't exactly conclusive evidence of a conspiracy, either.

It is not totally different, Styphon. I removed some parts of it, yes. Only because when I added the edit, what I said previously was no longer needed. And no, it is NOT conclusive evidence. That is why it is called a "Conspiracy THEORY". Please stop running my topic off-topic, Styphon.

You have not contributed one real thing to this topic.

I was speaking idiomatically.