Overview
- RIA Novosti reports the temporary plaque installed Monday at Anna Politkovskaya’s Moscow building was torn off Tuesday morning, and a new makeshift memorial was put up immediately.
- The original memorial plaque was reported smashed on Sunday, and independent outlets said a first temporary replacement installed Monday was also destroyed the same day.
- Novaya Gazeta and Politkovskaya’s children say they will seek a criminal investigation into the repeated vandalism, while authorities have not publicly commented.
- Novaya Gazeta Europe has reported claims in closed Telegram channels that neo‑Nazi group NS/WP took responsibility, a claim not publicly verified.
- A Last Address plaque on the same building has also been repeatedly removed, and media noted neo‑Nazi provocations at memorials for Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova on Monday, suggesting a broader pattern.