Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Maererano nemukuru wezvekuchengetedzwa kwenyika yeRussia Alexander Litvinenko, Politkovskaya akamubvunza kana hupenyu hwake hwaive munjodzi isati yaitika pamberi pekuurayiwa. Akasimbisa ngozi yacho ndokurumbidza kuti atize muRussia nokukurumidza. Akataurawo kuti aimbova mukwikwidzi wezvematongerwo enyika Irina Hakamada akanyevera Politkovskaya nezvokutyisidzirwa kwoupenyu hwake kwaibva kuna Putin. Hakamada gare gare akaramba kubatanidzwa kwake mukupfuura chero kutyisidzira chaiko, uye akati akayambira Politkovskaya chete mune zvakajairika mazwi anopfuura gore asati afa. Nyevero yakaitwa naLitvinenko ingangove yaive nechokuita neshoko rapfuura rakataurwa naRussian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, uyo akataura kuti aimbova Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri weRussia Boris Nemtsov akagamuchira shoko kubva kuna Hakamada kuti Putin akamutyisidzira iye nevamwe vake vakafanana naye pachake. Maererano naBerezovsky, Putin akataura kuti Hakamada nevamwe vake "vachatora musoro pakarepo, chaizvoizvo, kwete nenzira yokufananidzira" kana "vakazarura muromo" pamusoro pemabhomba eimba yeRussia
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