Dear Dmitriy.
I am pleased to learn that you are now offering to the world a bound collection of articles and commentary by the brave Anna Politkovskaya. Anna's admirers and friends in the United States - including many in the U.S. Congress - are still stung by her brutal murder, which signaled ominously an escalation of attacks on human rights defenders and critics of Russian policies in Chechnya. Ms. Politkovskaya was likely killed by those who want to extinguish the growth of democracy and freedom in Russia. We will labor to keep Anna's legacy alive by watching events in Russia and Chechnya with the same vigilance and steeled determination Anna applied to her reporting.
With much respect and admiration,
Tom Lantos
Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs
Permalink: https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/2007/6/advisory-fri-06012007-1200am.
