European Parliament commemorates Anna Politkovskaya

On October 6, the European Parliament paid tribute to journalist Anna Politkovskaya, assassinated right four years ago.

"October 7 marks the fourth anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya's murder. She paid the ultimate price for dedicating her life to revealing the truth about the situation in the North-Caucasian region of Russia," said Jerzy Buzek, Chairman of the European Parliament, at a plenary session.

Mr Buzek called Russian authorities to investigate the murders of Politkovskaya and other journalists and human rights defenders committed over recent years, the Radio Liberty reports. "The perpetrators shall be brought to justice," the "Interfax" quotes the head of the European Parliament as saying.