Since Anna Politkovskaya's appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival the year before she was shot and killed near the lift in her Moscow apartment building, there has been an annual event in Edinburgh dedicated to her work.

This year her translator Arch Tait and London-based Muscovite journalist Masha Karp present a new collection of Politkovskaya's published journalism, with former BBC Moscow correspondent Bridget Kendall. This new collection, Nothing But the Truth, aims to show something of the character of Politkovskaya, who we're told often wrote herself out of the picture.

Politkovskaya worked for Novy Gazeta, and frequently reported on human rights abuses in Chechnya and closer to home. Critical of Putin's government, Politkovskaya crossed the security wall around Chechnya - an increasingly difficult accomplishment during Putin's time in government which has seen clampdowns on the media and the deaths of several journalists - and came back with stories about the lives of Chechens. She was also known for criticism of army hazing rituals and the demise of the intelligentsia.

We're read the translation of a letter from Politkoskaya's mother, and an interview with a member of the gang involved in the Beslan Seige, indicating the involvement of Russian officials. We hear arts reviews written by the journalist, revealing an emotional involvement with dance and theatre. There's a lighthearted description of the annual Press Club lunch in London, where Politkovskaya wryly notices the lack of ceremony surrounding the PM.

Considering the high profile Politkovskaya has in the west, I was surprised when I moved to Moscow to find that she is relatively lesser known in her own city, and that the deaths of journalists don't seem to inspire much anger. An audience member who teaches at a Moscow university voices concern over the apparent apathy within Russia over the loss of rights and freedoms, and inclination toward cliché and racism.

Politkovskaya's description of the early stages of the current regime in Russia are of a disregard for human life, and the control of information. In contrast, we're told that Politkovskaya was interested in every victim of injustice.