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In 1982-1993 she worked in the newspapers " Izvestia " and "Air Transport", in the creative association "ESKART", publishing house "Paritet". Until 1994, she was a columnist for the Megapolis Express weekly at a time when the publication had not yet become tabloid . In 1994-1999, he was a columnist, editor of the emergency department of the Obshchaya Gazeta . The book " The Beatles of Perestroika " describes how "after the publication of the loans-for-shares auctions , she was threatened with reprisal by Vladimir Gusinsky ", with whom Anna was familiar.
Since May 1999, he has been a special correspondent and columnist for Novaya Gazeta . Politkovskaya repeatedly traveled to the areas of hostilities. For a series of reports on military operations in Chechnya in January 2000, Anna Politkovskaya was awarded the Golden Pen of Russia . She was awarded: the prize of the Union of Journalists of the Russian Federation "Good deed - a good heart", the prize of the Union of Journalists for materials on the fight against corruption, the diploma "Golden Gong-2000" for a series of materials about Chechnya .
Politkovskaya is the author of documentary books about the situation in Chechnya in 1999, Journey to Hell. Chechen Diary" (2000), "Second Chechen" (2002), "Chechnya: Shame on Russia", as well as the articles "Punitive Conspiracy", "People Disappearing". Her last publication in Novaya Gazeta, Punitive Conspiracy, was devoted to the composition and activities of the Chechen detachments fighting on the side of the federal forces. Many of Politkovskaya's books have been translated into foreign languages and published abroad .
Author of the books "Putin's Russia" ("Putin's Russia"), "Russia without Putin", published in the UK.
In June 2004, Politkovskaya interviewed Ramzan Kadyrov , who was then the first deputy chairman of the government of Chechnya. Kadyrov behaved very rudely and threateningly towards Politkovskaya .
In September-early October 2006, Anna Politkovskaya significantly intensified her analytical and journalistic activities in the light of the upcoming 2007 parliamentary elections and the 2008 presidential elections .
Politkovskaya was a supporter of the introduction of international peacekeeping forces into Chechnya.
Politkovskaya was found dead in the lift, in her block of flats in central Moscow on 7 October 2006. She had been shot twice in the chest, once in the shoulder, and once in the head at point-blank range. There was widespread international reaction to the assassination.
The funeral was held on 10 October 2006 at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in the outskirts of Moscow. Before Politkovskaya was buried, more than one thousand mourners filed past her coffin to pay their last respects. Dozens of Politkovskaya's colleagues, public figures, and admirers of her work gathered at the cemetery. No high-ranking Russian officials could be seen at the ceremony.Politkovskaya was buried near her father, who had died shortly before her.
In May 2007, a large posthumous collection of Anna's articles, entitled With Good Reason, was published by Novaya Gazeta and launched at the Gorbachev Foundation in Moscow. The event came soon after the birth of Anna's namesake grandchild: Vera's daughter was named Anna in honour of her grandmother. A few months later, 10 men were detained on suspicion of various degrees of involvement in Politkovskaya's murder. Four of them were brought before the Moscow District Military Court in October 2008.
