2002 hostage taking
Anna Politkovskaya worked for the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper. She rose to fame for her coverage of the human costs of the Chechen conflict and her harsh criticism of the Kremlin's policies on Chechnya. She was also one of the people who went into the Moscow theatre during the 
 to attempt negotiations, at the behest of the Chechen militants. 
Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya shot dead