The plaque on Politkovskaya's house has been restored for the 24th time.

The 24th temporary plaque has appeared on the wall of the building where Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on January 18, a memorial plaque, which had hung for almost 20 years on the wall of the building on Lesnaya Street in Moscow where Novaya Gazeta columnist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was shot, was smashed for the first time. Civil Initiative activists replaced the plaque with a temporary one, but on January 19, it, too, was destroyed. Most of the temporary plaques installed after that lasted less than a day. On February 26, unknown individuals destroyed a memorial plaque for the 24th time – they smashed a plaque once and 23 times they destroyed plaques that activists had restored.

Activists installed a memorial plaque to Politkovskaya near her house and laid flowers next to it. This is already the 24th attempt to restore the memorial on Lesnaya Street, RusNews reports today.

As can be seen from photos from the scene, a bouquet of mimosas, tied with a black ribbon, hangs near the entrance.

Activists plan to continue hanging the plaque until it remains permanently on the building where Anna Politkovskaya died. According to SotaVision*, this is the 23rd attempt to restore the memorial.

Any civic expression, be it a plaque in memory of Anna Politkovskaya or a "Last Address" sign for a victim of Stalin's repressions, provokes active aggression among supporters of the authorities in Russia. Impunity encourages spontaneous acts of vandalism, committed even without direct orders from above, human rights activists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" indicated.

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