The trial of four men charged in connection with the 2006 murder of Russian reporter and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya will from now on be closed to the public, the judge ruled on Wednesday.
"This trial will continue as a closed trial," said Judge Yevgeny Zubov, who is presiding over the case in a Moscow military court.
"This is considering the security of the participants in the trial, that of their relatives and their loved ones," he said.
On the first day of the trial on Monday, Zubov ruled that the proceedings would be open but reserved the right to close them later.
