Anna Stepanowna Politkowskaja Book order (chronological)

A collection of final dispatches by the famed journalist, including the first translation of the work that may have led to her murder Anna Politkovskaya won international fame for her courageous reporting. Is Journalism Worth Dying For? is a long-awaited collection of her final writing. Beginning with a brief introduction by the author about her pariah status, the book contains essays that characterize the self-effacing Politkovskaya more fully than she allowed in her other books. From deeply personal statements about the nature of journalism, to horrendous reports from Chechnya, to sensitive pieces of memoir, to, finally, the first translation of the series of investigative reports that Politkovskaya was working on at the time of her murder—pieces many believe led to her assassination. Elsewhere, there are illuminating accounts of encounters with leaders including Lionel Jospin, Tony Blair, George W. Bush, and such exiled figures as Boris Berezovsky, Akhmed Zakaev, Vladimir Bukovsky. Additional sections collect Politkovskaya’s non-political writing, revealing her delightful wit, deep humanity, and willingness to engage with the unfamiliar, as well as her deep regrets about the fate of Russia.

Der Wahrheit verpflichtet und getrieben vom unerschütterlichen Glauben an den Wert der Freiheit, des Rechtsstaats und des Humanismus, kämpfte Anna Politkovskaja fast im Alleingang gegen die offizielle Kultur der Lüge in Putins Russland – und bezahlte dafür mit dem Leben: Vor fünf Jahren, am 7. Oktober 2006, wurde sie vor dem Fahrstuhl ihres Wohnhauses in Moskau erschossen. Der Täter ist bis heute nicht gefasst. Der unveröffentlichte Text, der sich auf Anna Politkovskajas Computer fand, bildet gleichsam ihr Vermächtnis, eine bittere Bilanz der Freiheit des Wortes in Russland: Propaganda statt Recherche und Fakten, entstellte Bilder der Wirklichkeit, »patriotische« Attacken auf alles, was »fremd« ist. Diesem Weltbild ist Anna Politkovskajas journalistisches Ethos diametral entgegengesetzt. Für sie zählten immer allein der einzelne Mensch und die Wahrheit. Dieser von Claus Kleber eingeführte Band versammelt ihre wichtigsten Arbeiten. Er liefert eine unbestechliche Analyse des postsowjetischen Systems.

A Russian Diary is the book that Anna Politkovskaya had recently completed when she was murdered in a contract killing in Moscow.

Offers an insider's view of the Chechen War conflict. This work focuses her attention on those caught in the crossfire. It recounts the everyday horrors of living in the midst of war, examines how the Chechen war has damaged Russian society, and takes a look at the ways people on both sides profited from it.

Dalle voci più autorevoli della stampa internazionale, una raccolta di interventi su uno dei temi più critici dell'informazione: come fare giornalismo indipendente oggi. Dalle zone calde del pianeta - dall'Algeria alla Cecenia, dai territori palestinesi occupati all'Iraq e all'Afghanistan voci fuori da ogni schieramento raccontano un mondo che non assomiglia più alla geografia insegnata nelle scuole. Alcuni di loro scrivono in russo, altri in inglese, altri in arabo, altri in ebraico: molti sono riusciti a guadagnarsi la stima dei loro nemici e a perdere quella dei loro amici.

Après avoir dénoncé le scandale de la guerre en Tchétchénie, Anna Politkovska'ia élargit son regard de Moscou jusqu'au Kamtchatka. Ç devient la Russie sous la conduite de Vladimir Poutine ? À travers une succession de récits et de rencontres, en reprenant des dossiers tels que ceux des criminels de guerre, des " petits arrangements " qui lient mafia, police et justice, ou des tragédies des prises d'otages à Moscou ou à Beslan, la journaliste de Novaiâ Gazeta dresse un portrait douloureux de ses concitoyens et de son pays. La violer de l'armée, le cynisme des nouveaux riches, le désarroi des simples gens, le déclin des intellectuels, la dignité galvaudée de ceux s'efforcent, malgré les difficultés et les avanies, de servir honorablement leur patrie, le mépris du pouvoir pour les victimes de ses erreurs tout ou presque laisse mal augurer de l'avenir. Au fil des pages, c'est l'inhumanité du régime russe et de son premier dirigeant qui transpire. " Pourquoi je n'aime pas Poutine ? " s'interroge Anna Politkovskaïa. La réponse est simple et nette : " Parce qu'il n'aie pas son peuple ! " Parce qu'il se comporte dans la plus pure tradition du KGB dont il est issu, avec un cynisme inégalable. Pour lui, écrit-elle " nous ne sommes rien, alors qu'il est tsar ou Dieu ".

A former KGB spy, Vladimir Putin was named President of Russia in 2000. From the moment he entered the public arena he marketed himself as an open, enlightened leader eager to engage with the West. This book tells the story of Putin's iron grip on Russian life from the individual citizens whose situations have been shaped by his brand of tyranny.

Кто я такая? И почему я пишу о второй чеченской войне? Я журналистка. Работаю спецкором столичной "Новой газеты", и это единственная причина, почему я увидела войну, - меня послали ее освещать. Поэтому я езжу в Чечню каждый месяц, начиная с июля 1999 года. Естественно, исходила всю Чечню вдоль и поперек... Люди часто спрашивают одно и то же: "А зачем вы все это пишете? Зачем нас пугаете? Зачем это нам?" Уверена, так надо. По одной простой причине: мы современники этой войны, и все равно нам отвечать за нее... И тогда не отговоришься классическим советским: мол, не был, не состоял, не участвовал... Так знайте же. И вы будете свободны от цинизма. И от расизма, в вязкий омут которого всё более скатывается наше общество. И от скоропалительных и страшных личных решений о том, кто есть кто на Кавказе, и есть ли там сегодня вообще герои.

"My notes are written for the future. They are the testimon of the innocent victims of the new Chechen war, which is why I record all the detail I can" ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA The Chechen War was supposed to be over in i996 after the first Yeltsin campaign, but in the summer of iggg the new Putin government decided to "do the job properly". Before all the bodies of those killed in the first campaign had been located or identified, thousands more would be slaughtered in another round of fighting. The first account to be written by a Russian woman, A Dirty War is an edgy and intense study of a conflict that shows no signs of being resolved. Exasperated by the Russian governments attempt to manipulate media coverage of the war, journalist Anna Politkovskaya undertook to go to Chechnya, to make regular reports and keep events in the public eye. In a series of despatches from July 1999 to January 2001 she vividly describes the atrocities and abuses of the war, whether it be the corruption endemic in post-Communist Russia, in particular the government and the military, or the spurious arguments and abominable behaviour of the Chechen authorities. In these courageous reports, Politkovskaya excoriates male stupidity and brutality on both sides of the conflict and interviews the civilians whose homes and communities have been laid waste, leaving them nowhere to live and nothing and no one to believe in.