Anna's War

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Anastasia Hille

Conrad Nelson

David Fleeshman

Max Bollinger

Andrew Byron

Pauline Harris

Lizzie Nunnery

Anna's War by Lizzie Nunnery: 3. Don't Storm the Theatre

Anna's War by Lizzie Nunnery

3. Don't Storm the Theatre

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When Chechen rebels kidnap a theatre audience in Moscow - Anna is asked to negotiate.

October 2002:  Anna is asked to negotiate when armed Chechen rebels seize the crowd in a Moscow theatre. With Anastasia Hille.

The Nord-Ost siege when Chechen rebels seized the crowded Dubrovka Theatre, in Moscow on 23 October 2002. 

The rebels ask for Anna to go to theatre to act as a mediator between them and the Russian Government.  The Russians use gas and hostages die.   

Anna's married lover Marku, wants her to leave Russia and go and live with him in Romania.

Lizzie Nunnery's drama series based on the true story of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya who was murdered in 2006.

Anna Politkovskaya.....Anastasia Hille
Dmitry Muratov..... Conrad Nelson
Marku ...... David Fleeshman
FSB Agent ..... Max Bollinger
Bakar........ Andrew Byron

Producer: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.

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Drama: Biographical

Based on the true story of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in 2006

Lizzie Nunnery's story based on the true story of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in 2006

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