[Nikolay Lee Sea Cin]

it was most probably domestic crime!
And of course there's no any direct or indirect Putin's fault!

he wasn't a journalist, just one of top manager.

BTW, Itar-tass is state-controled new agency.

And May I ask FR locals one question? Very Curious, Why almost every western media lifted corpse of Politkoskaya and shake it before western audience. "Oh!!! look, it's a crappy Putin's regime. How barbaric it is. She was his uncompromising critic !!!". And immediately without any doubt found him guilty of murder!
We, in Russia, use Internet, read foreign press watch foreign media. And for the most don't like it. Because it's always lights Russia from bad side.
I can say more if all Russians watch foreign media, attitude towards west would become match worse.
i suppose it's not a good point to improve our relation in common and in war on terror particularly. We still have rather considerable number of issues we have to solve. But first of all we need security and enlargement of middle class. And that's what Putin is trying to do. And most of Russian support him. Because if we have no security - no humans right at all(Iraq for example), no middle class - no democracy. So take it easy :)

[LibertyRocks]

After we watched from the outside the old ways in Russia, it just looks like everything we've seen in the past.

Putin's ties with the KGB doesn't help the situation at all, and neither does his affection towards our "sworn" enemies, and those who run despotic, and outright Socialist/Communist regimes like Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, China, etc...

From our POV, or at least mine, it seems that SOMEONE in Russia is trying to get back the 'glory days' and that does nothing for the middle class if Russia were to revert back to Communist ways.

Since you are there, please explain to us what people in your country think when you see journalist critics, and banking officials being murdered left and right. To me it would seem that someone is attempting to influence control of money, and media. Two essential things for any socialist/communist/fascist revival...

[Steve Van Doorn]

Anna Politkovskaya was mainly a critic of the Chechen war. The Chechen War is Russia’s front in their war against Islamic extremist. Anna was much like our main stream media in the US where the media is always attacking the president.

If this was Putin's doing or someone under Putin that did these attacks against the Journalists then it is obvious he will not except anyone questioning his actions.

In other words if Putin wins this fight against the journalists you will not get any information from anyplace other then Putin’s approved message. At that point you have absolutely no security. We at Freerepublic worry about your security.

If this is a psychotic murderer that has a twisted way to help Putin. Then you don’t have much to worry about. One man will not win, and I hope your police get the guy soon.

We don’t like what our Main Stream Media says against our president and the war, but we have to live with it because the alternative (government controlled information) is much worse.

[Just mythoughts]

I wish you well.

However, Putin's path to energy security has put him into bed with some very unsavory characters. The appearance from this side of the globe is that Putin will buy, sell, and make deals with the lowest of the low of humanity on this globe. Not exactly the kind of foundation designed for future prosperity.

[Rome2000]

"My best memories is the very nice peoples I meet but also some of the shocking things I see in America," says Borat, "For example, womens is allowed, in America, to drive a car. It is crazy. We say in my country to let a woman drive a car is like to let a monkey fly a plane. Very dangerous, yes?"

[Centurion2000]

And May I ask FR locals one question? Very Curious, Why almost every western media lifted corpse of Politkoskaya and shake it before western audience. "Oh!!! look, it's a crappy Putin's regime. How barbaric it is. She was his uncompromising critic !!!". And immediately without any doubt found him guilty of murder!

Because they are idiotic reptiles.

[GSlob]

'Very Curious, Why almost every western media lifted corpse of Politkoskaya and shake it before western audience. "
Try this for a possible answer:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720327/posts?page=5#5

[Trailerpark Badass]

We, in Russia, use Internet, read foreign press watch foreign media. And for the most don't like it. Because it's always lights Russia from bad side. I can say more if all Russians watch foreign media, attitude towards west would become match worse.

LOL, kinda sucks, doesn't it? We Americans know how you feel!

[spanalot]

"Why almost every western media lifted corpse of Politkoskaya and shake it before western audience. "

Because the Blood Sucking Russians refuse to atone for the 100 million they murdered in the last century.