Sergei Khadzhikurbanov was pardoned after serving 6 months on the front lines in Ukraine despite serving less than half his sentence for journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder.
A man convicted in the 2006 killing of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya received a presidential pardon after he did a stint fighting in Ukraine, his lawyer said.
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A lawyer for a man convicted in the 2006 killing of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya received a presidential pardon after a stint fighting in Ukraine.