A RUSSIAN DIARY

Published after her hired killing at Moscowin the elevator of her very apartment by unknown assaisins and the mystery of the real mastermind behind her assaisination still not solved A Russian Diary has been translated from the original Russian journalist Anna Politkovaskaya; Translated by Arch Tait in English it has a forward by Jon Snow. The book has been broadly divided into three major parts or chapters covering a period from December 2003 to August 2005 and have been titled as per the political scenario in Russia to unfold the malpractices in the Parliamentary elections Political Depression and the discontented Summer and Winter. In the last chapter Politkovaskaya has done some loud thinking about her obsession to expose the corruption crippled society inactive young generation and a state of dispair. The voice of the organisations promoting human rights was ruthlessly curbed and Anna tried her level best to create an awareness among the activists. After threats to her life and even incidents of attempts to poison her on her flight while she was on her mission she never gave up and staked her safety finally losing it to the gun shots fired at her on Ocober 7th 2006. She has won many awards for her outstanding contribution to journalism and human rights in general and service to the mankind in particular. Most extraordinary author who has written even other eye openers like Putins Russia lives through her books. Surprisingly A Russian Diary could not be published in Russia till date.