I met Politkovskaya on many occasions to discuss Chechnya. Bespectacled and deeply serious, she resembled a strict schoolteacher rather than a glamorous war reporter inured to intimidation and flying bullets.

• 我在很多场合和波里科夫斯卡娅见过面并讨论车臣问题。她严重近视，看起来更像一位严厉的学校老师，而不是卷入枪林弹雨的迷人的战地记者。