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Four charged for Politkovskaya murder

"Three suspects have been charged with the murder of [Anna Politkovskaya]: Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov," the Investigations Committee said in a statement announcing the end of the high-profile murder inquiry. A fourth man, Pavel Ryaguzov, an officer in Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), the former KGB, has been charged with abuse of power and extortion in connection with the inquiry, the statement said. link