Nothing But the Truth: Selected Dispatches

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A wide-ranging and lasting collection of writing by one of the most outstanding and courageous reporters of our era. From the author of the internationally acclaimed Putin's Russia and A Russian Diary. Until her murder in October 2006, Anna Politkovskaya wrote for the Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta, winning international fame for her reporting on the Chechen wars and, more generally, on Russian politics and state corruption. Nothing But the Truth is a definitive collection of Anna Politkovskaya's best writings- a lasting and inspiring book from one fo the greatest reporters of our age.

Known to many as 'Russia's lost moral conscience', Anna Politkovskaya was a special correspondent for the Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta and the recipient of many honours for her writing. She is the author of A Dirty War, Putin's Russia and A Russian Diary. Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in Moscow in October 2006.

"Terrifying... Intense... Breathtaking" Jon Snow "An impressive testimony to the most courageous form of journalism- dedicated to unearthing inconvenient facts and making uncomfortable arguments" Financial Times "We will continue to read her and learn from her for years" -- Salman Rushdie "Anna Politkovskaya refused to lie, in her work; her murder is a ghastly act, and an attack on world literature" -- Nadine Gordimer "Her death is a grave crime against the country, against all of us" -- Mikhail Gorbachev