When internationally known Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was shot and killed outside her apartment in Moscow in October 2007, prize-winning reporter Natalya Estemirova was there to pick up her fallen flag and carry on.  Now, the world must wonder whether it was Estemirova's plan to follow in Politkovskaya's footsteps, even if they led her into the grave.On Wednesday, Estemirova was abducted in Grozny, Chechnya, and soon after found shot in the head, her body dumped at the roadside in nearby Ingushetia.  Her last report was on yet another instance of Russian security forces burning the home of a separatist rebel, his wife and children locked in the basement, a practice for which Human Rights Watch recently condemned the Russian government.Like Politkovskaya, Estemirova had been repeatedly threatened by the Kremlin's puppet strongman in Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and nobody in the Kremlin ever lifted a finger to silence Kadyrov's ravings. Now, it seems he has carried...(Read Full Post)