Anastasia Baburova

Anastasia was a reporter in Russia for Novaya Gazeta.  She was killed this last January at the age of 25, while standing on a Moscow street with a man that had been the source of some of her investigative stories.  They were both shot in the back of the head.  This is a poem Anastasia wrote at the age of 15...

Wake up in the morning

Stretch your arms toward the sun

Say something in Chnese

And go to Paris

Every minute, somewhere in the world there is morning

Somewhere, people stretch their arms toward the sun

they speak new languages, fly from Cairo to Warsaw

They smile and drink coffee together

It is a deadly occupation, to be an investigative journalist in Russia.