Politkovskaya suspect denies her murder

A policeman sought in connection with the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has denied any involvement in death. Alexander Prilepin, who is in hiding from the authorities, told the state-owned Rossiiskaya Gazeta that although he and his colleagues had been angered by Politkovskaya's reports he did not kill her. Politkovskaya was shot dead on October 7. Prilepin said: "I wouldn't conceal that most of my comrades... had been angered by the media providing ideological support for the rebels and casting us as butchers. But no one has ever had any plans to take revenge on journalists." (Via Moscow Times)