The plaque on Politkovskaya's house has been restored for the tenth time.

Activists have installed a new memorial plaque in place of the torn-down memorial plaques on the building where journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was shot.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on February 6, a wooden memorial plaque, which had hung for over a week on the railing of the building on Lesnaya Street in Moscow where Novaya Gazeta columnist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered, was again destroyed. On the night of February 7, the plaque's text was restored to the building's façade for the ninth time, this time painted on the wall rather than on a plaque. Activists also attached a plaque to the railing that reads: "Here in 2026, neo-Nazis destroyed Anna Politkovskaya's memorial plaque." This plaque was torn down on the evening of February 9th.

The plaque in memory of Anna Politkovskaya has been restored for the tenth time, RusNews reported on the night of February 10.

"A memorial plaque has reappeared on the facade of journalist Anna Politkovskaya's house on Lesnaya Street in Moscow. This is the tenth attempt to restore the memorial sign since the beginning of 2026," the report stated.

The publication is illustrated with a photograph showing both the painted inscription and a plaque with the same content: "Anna Politkovskaya lived in this house and was vilely murdered on October 7, 2006."

Situation A reader of the "Caucasian Knot" with the nickname wilson commented on February 7. "There's a real battle of ideas and nerves going on around this plaque. Painting the inscription on the wall might be a solution, but it can also be painted over or poured over if desired. Simply by throwing a bottle of paint at the wall. And the new plaque could be torn down, just like before; some extraordinary solutions are needed. It would be possible, for example, to put up a large mural on the facade of the building with an image of Politkovskaya and the indication that she was killed on such-and-such a date. But this would primarily require financial resources, and the appropriate permission would probably have to be obtained from the local authorities," he wrote in his comment.

As a reminder, on January 18, a memorial plaque bearing the name of Anna Politkovskaya was torn down for the first time in a building on Lesnaya Street. Civil Initiative activists installed a temporary plaque to replace the one destroyed, but it, too, was destroyed on January 19. Representatives of a far-right organization designated as terrorist claimed responsibility for the destruction of the first plaque. The man who smashed the plaque was fined 1,000 rubles, although he denied any wrongdoing, claiming that the plaque "fell and broke on its own." Anna Politkovskaya, known for her articles on the war and human rights violations in Chechnya, was murdered in Moscow on October 7, 2006. The court found that Lom-Ali Gaitukayev had orchestrated the murder, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Rustam Makhmudov has been identified as the perpetrator, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "The Murder of Anna Politkovskaya".

Last Interview Anna Politkovskaya gave to a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent an hour and a half before her death. In this interview, the journalist commented on Ramzan Kadyrov's career prospects.

In 2025, on the 19th anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya's murder, residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg brought flowers to her grave, the Novaya Gazeta office, and the memorial to the victims of repression. Some of those convicted in the case of her murder have already been released, but the person who ordered it has not yet been convicted, Politkovskaya's colleagues recalled.

On the fifth anniversary of Politkovskaya's murder, journalists and human rights activists at a rally in Tbilisi highlighted her contribution to the fight for freedom of speech, demanding that those who ordered her murder be identified.

"Caucasian Knot" is publishing materials dedicated to Politkovskaya on the thematic page "Politkovskaya and Estemirova," which also contains materials about Anna's friend, journalist and human rights activist. href="https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/125059/">Natalia Estemirova, who was killed in 2009 and also worked on the problems of residents of Chechnya.