Quote of the day
We must have religion for religion's sake, morality for morality's sake, as with art for art's sake…the beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.
Anna Politkovskaya
Born: August 30, 1958
Died: October 7, 2006 (aged 48)
Bio: Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was a Russian journalist, writer, and human rights activist known for her opposition to the Second Chechen War and President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
Known for:
- Putin's Russia (2004)
- A Russian Diary
- A Small Corner of Hell (2003)
- A Dirty War (2001)







