但是就算普京的同党与波利特科夫卡娅 被人在她位于莫斯科市中心的公寓楼的电梯里枪杀事件不相干，他对法律的蔑视也制造了使这场谋杀得以进行的气候。
But even if Vladimir Putin’s associates had nothing to do with Politkovskaya being gunned down in an elevator of her apartment building in the center of Moscow, his contempt for law created the climate in which the murder was carried out.