The memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house has been destroyed for the eighth time in three weeks.

A wooden memorial plaque, which had been hanging on the railing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya's home for over a week, has been destroyed again by unknown assailants.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on January 27, representatives of the Yabloko party restored the memorial plaque on the home of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in Moscow, for the eighth time. All previous temporary plaques installed after the destruction of Politkovskaya's plaque were torn down by unknown assailants within a day of installation, and one resident of Politkovskaya's home reported the intentional destruction of the temporary plaques.

Kirill Goncharov, chairman of the Moscow branch of Yabloko, reported today that a memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house had been destroyed yet again. He claims the plaque was still intact the day before.

"Speechless. I came yesterday, and everything was in place," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

The plaque, installed by Yabloko activists at the entrance to a building on Lesnaya Street in Moscow, remained in place longer than all the other temporary plaques. After its installation, police posted guards near Politkovskaya's house and searched passersby there for some time, activists reported.

"A police car was on duty, parked next to the memorial plaque, which had been installed for the eighth time. Security forces checked the pockets and bags of random passersby. Law enforcement officers searched two men and then released them without arrest. Another police squad was stationed nearby, as well as plainclothes officers," SOTAvision reported on the evening of January 28. (listed as a foreign agent by the Russian Ministry of Justice).

Anna Politkovskaya, known for her articles on the war and human rights violations in Chechnya, was killed in Moscow on October 7, 2006. The court found that Lom-Ali Gaitukayev had organized the murder, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Rustam Makhmudov has been identified as the direct perpetrator, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "The Murder of Anna Politkovskaya".

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