18:33 UNESCO's award for Anna Politkovskaya

UNESCO has judged to give its Speech Freedom award to Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in Moscow last year. She became the first journalist, awarded with this prize after death. The UNESCO said in a press release that Anna Politkovskaya displayed a great courage, covering the developments in Chechnya, while the rest of the world remained indifferent to this conflict, reports Ekho Moskvy radio station.