MATRIX REPROGRAMMEDThe people, official accounts, evidence trails, consequences, and unanswered questions that remain attached to this year.
Politkovskaya exposed abuses in Chechnya, corruption, and the conduct of Russian security forces. Her death became a global symbol of danger to Russian investigative journalism.
Baseline dossier published; continuing evidence review
Litvinenko accused Russian security services of organised crime, terrorism, and political murder and worked with Western contacts. The killing demonstrated the use of radioactive material for transnational assassination.
Baseline dossier published; continuing evidence review
Shared dates, institutions, investigators, lawyers, beneficiaries, or security failures are leads for comparison. A pattern does not establish coordination.