Western media and anti government media in Russia say just that - Borodin wrote about killed soldiers of Wagner company and was killed.
While his friends who knew him say he faced huge problems and could suicide.
He was not good journalist, he wasn't published anywhere...his so called investigations were very unreliable.
And nobody in Russia knew him.
And of course he was not dangerous to authorities.
So all that bs about "Kremlin kills free journalists " is nothing but one more doze of propaganda
sure and you guys didn´t kill her...no one in the world believe you
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Anna Politkovskaya - Wikipedia
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Politkovskaya was a Russian journalist, writer, and human rights activist who reported on political events in Russia, in particular, the Second Chechen War (1999–2005). It was her reporting from Chechnya that made
Politkovskaya's national and international reputation. For seven years she refused to give"