Anna POLITKOVSKAYA, Four Years ON

At the demonstration in memory of Anna Politkovskaya there were around 500 people: journalists, representatives of the human rights organizations, actors, opposition leaders, victims of Nord Ost etc. (And about 7 buses of the policemen) Many of the same faces and people I know well and am close to. Speeches were short and heart-felt, poems were read, even extracts from Hamlet. The very moving part was the recorded speech by Anna's mother. She was coming back from seeing her at the hospital when she was shot and killed at 16.03 four years ago. Very much wish we saw more journalists present and more young people there...