Russia's Supreme Court today agreed a request from the family of murdered Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya to send the case back to prosecutors for a new investigation to find whoever ordered her shooting.
A Moscow military court last month turned down a petition by Ms Politkovskaya's family to return the case to prosecutors to be merged with an investigation to find whoever masterminded the murder.
Ms Politkovskaya, a 48-year-old mother of two who published scathing exposes of official corruption and rights abuses, was shot as she returned to a central Moscow apartment block from a supermarket on October 7th, 2006.
The journalist's killing sparked outrage in the West, which called on the Kremlin to ensure her killers were brought to justice.
Reuters