MOSCOW (Reuters) - Five years after investigative journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead in her apartment building, her unsolved murder is becoming a test case for Vladimir Putin on his return to Russia's presidency.
The arrest of a murder suspect and a former police officer accused of helping organise the killing has increased the chance of a successful prosecution in a case that came to symbolise the corruption of the political and judicial system under Putin.
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