The Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in Moscow last October, has been nominated for the European Union`s Human Rights Award. The official list of candidates will be published later today.

The prize is named after prominent Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist, Andrey Sakharov. It`s awarded annually to a person or a group judged to have made a significant contribution to the promotion of human rights and democracy.

Anna Politkovskaya wrote extensively on corruption and human rights violations in the Chechen Republic. She was also a harsh critic of the Russian government.

She was shot dead in her apartment in October.

Last week 10 people were arrested in connection with her death.
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