Today on August 30 Anna Politkovskaya would turn 53. She was born in 1958 in New York.
The Russian journalist was mainly known for her sharp criticize against Putin's administration and a Chechnya war in-depth analysis.
Ana Masepa as born in USA were her parents where working as a diplomats. She accomplished Moscow State University, Faculty of Journalism. Married to Alexander Politcovsky, who was 5 years older and studied at the same faculty. They had two children Ilia and Vera. The couple divorced afterwards, but officially was not registered as divorced once. In 1990 she got a Russian citizenship.
She an author of books "Travel in the hell", "Chechnya diary", "Putin's Russia", which were published din UK. Politkovskaya was found dead in Moscow at her home, in the center of the city in 2006 October 7.
