Words of War

The story

World-renowned journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya went from being a local print journalist to braving the Chechen killing fields and exposing Russian state corruption under Vladimir Putin. She refused to give up reporting on the war in Chechnya despite numerous acts of intimidation and violence, including being poisoned. She was ultimately murdered in the elevator of her block of flats and it remains unclear who paid for the contract killing.

Cast & crew

Maxine PeakeAnna Politkovskaya

Ciarán HindsDmitry Muratov

Jason IsaacsSacha

Naomi BattrickVera Politkovskaya

Harry LawteyIlya

Ellie BamberElena

Ben MilesYuri Schekochikhin

Ian HartLt. Col. Egorov

Oliver MaltmanNestor

Agni ScottNatalya Estemirova

Sophie SimnettNina

Fady ElsayedAnzor