Anna Politkovskaya murder trial begins in Moscow  A woman lays
flowers in tribute to the murdered Russian journalist Anna
Politkovskaya A woman lays flowers in tribute to the murdered
Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Photograph: Alexey
Sazonov/AFP/Getty Images  Three men accused of involvement in
the murder of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya went on
trial in Moscow today, a day after the lawyer representing her
family complained of feeling sick after a suspicious substance
was found in her car.  Politkovskaya, a Kremlin critic, was shot
dead two years ago outside her Moscow apartment block. Two
Chechen brothers, Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov, are charged
with carrying out surveillance on Politkovskaya, while a former
officer, Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, is charged with giving
technical help.  But today's trial was overshadowed by the
suspected poisoning of Karrina Moskalenko, a prominent human
rights lawyer representing Politkovskaya's son and daughter.
Moskalenko, whose clients have included le