05 December 2008, 21:02
Witness claims the murder of Anna Politkovskaya cost two million dollars
2 million dollars has been paid for the murder of Аnna Politkovskaya, "Novaya Gazeta" columnist. This has been reported by Valeri Chernilov, lawyer of one of the defendants.
According to Chernikov, he has learnt about the amount paid for the murder of Politkovskaya today from Lom-Ali Gaitdukayev interrogated at Moscow district military court." Gaitdukayev states that he has learnt from the investigation group that $2 million has been paid for the murder of Politkovskaya", cites the layer the RIA "Novosti".
Earlier, Sergei Sokolov, chief editor of " Novaya Gazeta" and witness in the case, gave his testimony. He reported on the results of the newspaper's own investigation. According to his information, Lok-Ali Gaitukayev, Makhmudovs' uncle, and defendant Jabrail Makhmudov are FSS agents and their cards are available in the files. He has information that Jabrail Makhmudov was close to the locus delicti at the moment of murder of Politkovskaya. This testimony caused protests of the defendants' lawyers, reports "Gazeta.Ru".
