“All these leaders and politicians would come to Moscow and go to Politkovskaya’s grave in the morning, and talk about human rights with representatives of civil society, and then they would go see Mr. Putin and sign deals for oil and gas.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/world/europe/putins-forever-war.html

Families of victims have virtually no recourse to overturn the pardons, said Ilya Politkovsky, Anna Politkovskaya’s son.

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/11/18/russia-frees-killers-from-prison-to-go-to-war-and-kill-in-ukraine/