MOSCOW, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Russia's Supreme Court returned the case of slain investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya to prosecutors Thursday for further inquiry, court officials said.
Politkovskaya, a reporter for Novaya Gazeta who gained international recognition for stories on alleged atrocities against civilians in Chechnya, was gunned down in an elevator in her Moscow apartment building in October 2006. Police called it a contract killing.