波利特科夫卡娅是俄罗斯最勇敢和最好的记者之一，一个敢于揭露俄罗斯军队在车臣进行残暴杀戮的女人被谋杀，是对普京总统除了以对法律惯有的蔑视而推行的、平庸的独裁统治的新证明。
The murder of Anna Politkovskaya, one of Russia’s bravest and best journalists, a woman who dared to expose the brutal murders committed by Russian troops in Chechnya, is final proof that President Putin has delivered nothing more than a run of the mill dictatorship with the usual contempt for law.