The tenth temporary plaque on Politkovskaya's house was destroyed.

Unknown persons destroyed the tenth temporary plaque installed by activists on the building where journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered, following the destruction of a memorial plaque.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on February 6, a wooden memorial plaque, which had hung for over a week on the railing of the building on Lesnaya Street in Moscow where Novaya Gazeta columnist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered, was destroyed again. On the night of February 7, the plaque's text was restored to the building's façade for the ninth time, this time painted on the wall rather than on a plaque. Activists also attached a plaque to the railing that read: "Here in 2026, neo-Nazis destroyed Anna Politkovskaya's memorial plaque." This plaque was torn down on the evening of February 9th.

The plaque in memory of Anna Politkovskaya has been torn down for the eleventh time in three weeks, RusNews reports today.

In Moscow, the plaque in memory of Anna Politkovskaya has been torn down for the eleventh time from the facade of the building on Lesnaya Street where journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered. The original marble plaque was smashed on January 18, after which activists began installing temporary plaques. Today, the tenth temporary plaque disappeared from the building, according to the publication.

Only the stenciled inscription from the original plaque remains on the wall of the building, reports Mediazona*.

As a reminder, on January 18, the memorial plaque bearing Anna Politkovskaya's name was smashed for the first time in the building on Lesnaya Street. Activists from the "Civil Initiative" group installed a temporary plaque to replace the one destroyed, but on January 19, it too was destroyed. Representatives of a far-right organization designated as terrorist claimed responsibility for the destruction of the first plaque. The man who smashed a memorial plaque was fined 1,000 rubles, although he denied any wrongdoing, claiming the plaque "fell and broke on its own."

Anna Politkovskaya, known for her articles on the war and human rights violations in Chechnya, was murdered in Moscow on October 7, 2006. The court found that Lom-Ali Gaitukayev had orchestrated the murder, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Rustam Makhmudov has been identified as the direct perpetrator, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "The Murder of Anna Politkovskaya".

Anna Politkovskaya gave her last interview to a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent an hour and a half before her death. In this interview, the journalist commented on Ramzan Kadyrov's career prospects.

In 2025, on the 19th anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya's murder, residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg brought flowers to her grave, the Novaya Gazeta office, and the memorial to the victims of repression. Some of those convicted in the case of her murder have already been released, but the person who ordered it has not been convicted, Politkovskaya's colleagues recalled.

On the fifth anniversary of Politkovskaya's murder, journalists and human rights activists at a rally in Tbilisi emphasized her contribution to the fight for freedom of speech, demanding that those who ordered her murder be identified.

"Caucasian Knot" publishes materials dedicated to Politkovskaya on the thematic page "Politkovskaya and Estemirova", which contains materials about Anna's friend, journalist and human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, who was killed in 2009 and also worked on the problems of the residents of Chechnya.