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Words of War

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World-renowned journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya went from being a local print journalist to braving the Chechen killing fields and exposing Russian state corruption under Vladimir Putin. She refused to give up reporting on the war in Chechnya despite numerous acts of intimidation and violence, including being poisoned. She was ultimately murdered in the elevator of her block of flats and it remains unclear who paid for the contract killing.

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World-renowned journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya went from being a local print journalist to braving the Chechen killing fields and exposing Russian state corruption under Vladimir Putin. She refused to give up reporting on the war in Chechnya despite numerous acts of intimidation and violence, including being poisoned. She was ultimately murdered in the elevator of her block of flats and it remains unclear who paid for the contract killing.

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    BuzzFeed Studios, Good Films Collective, K. JAM Media

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James Strong
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Eric Poppen
Writer
Paul Brennan
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Cast

Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Anna Politkovskaya
Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds

Dmitry Muratov
Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs

Alexander Politkovskiy
Naomi Battrick

Naomi Battrick

Vera Politkovskaya