(26 Nov 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Various of pedestrians in Moscow streets
2. Wide of Russian flag on roof of Moscow Regional Military Court
3. Wide of people gathered outside military court
4. Mid of military court spokesman Alexander Minchanovsky with media
5. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Alexander Minchanovsky, Military Court Spokesman:
"Yesterday, November 25, the state prosecutors called for the dismissal of the presiding judge, Colonel (Justice) Yevgeny Zubov. Today, the court ruled to reject this appeal."
6. Cutaway of court plaque reading (Russian): "Moscow Regional Military Court"
7. Mid of lawyer Murad Musayev entering the courthouse
8. Mid of presiding judge Yevgeny Zubov walking down stairs inside courthouse
9. Media inside courthouse
10. Mid of guards
11. Close of emblem on guard's shoulder
12. Rear shot of defence lawyer Andrei Litvin talking to media outside court
13. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Andrei Litvin, Defence Lawyer:
"Taking into account the fact that the displeasure was with (slain journalist Anna) Politkovskaya's writings about the Chechen republic, one can indeed assume this is a politician from Russia."
14. Cutaway of cameraman
15. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Andrei Litvin, Defence Lawyer:
"Within the criminal case there is evidence regarding him (Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov), but it is up to the investigation and the court."
(Reporter questions further if Kadyrov was the politician mentioned)
"No comments."
16. Wide of media gathered outside court
STORYLINE:
Russian prosecutors have begun making their case against three defendants on trial for the killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, describing her grisly shooting in detail and showing the jury three bullets they said were taken from her body.
Prosecutors opened their arguments after the presiding judge Yevgeny Zubov refused their motion calling for him to step down from the case on grounds of alleged bias.
Politkovskaya, a Kremlin critic whose reporting on human rights abuses in Chechnya embarrassed the government, was fatally shot at her Moscow apartment building in 2006, a killing that caused international outrage amid worsening ties between Russia and the West.
Politkovskaya was killed when she returned home from a supermarket on October 7, 2006.
Prosecutor Vera Pashkovskaya told the court that when she walked into the elevator and pushed the button, the attacker shot her in the head.
Speaking outside the military court on Wednesday, court spokesman Alexander Minchanovsky said Judge Zubov called the claim unfounded and the trial resumed on Wednesday.
Changing judges would have further disrupted the politically charged trial.
Politkovskaya's relatives say it is marred by the absence of the alleged triggerman and the lack of a suspected mastermind.
Speaking to reporters outside court, defence lawyer Andrei Litvin said a Russian politician may have ordered Politkovskaya's murder over her critical writings about Chechnya and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
Litvin said there was mention of Kadyrov in the case but declined to say whether Kadyrov was the Russian politician in question behind the murder.
Kadyrov, leader of the southern republic of Chechnya, has allegedly said more than once that he knew the identity of the mastermind behind Politkovskaya's murder.
Kadyrov has denied having any connection to the journalist's murder, who had sharply criticised him over human rights abuses.
That contradicts authorities' suggestions that the killing was the work of a Kremlin foe acting from abroad.
He denies all of the allegations.
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