Russian court upholds sentence of Politkovskaya murder convict

MOSCOW. March 14 (Interfax) - The Russian Supreme Court has upheld an 11-year prison term given to former police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who was convicted of complicity in the killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

Pavlyuchenkov's sentence came into force on Thursday, an Interfax correspondent has reported.