A group of 10 led by an ethnic Chechen organised crime boss that includes serving government officers will be charged in connection with the killing of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Russian authorities announced Monday.

Yuri Chaika, the prosecutor general, told a press conference that there is evidence the group also took part in killing U.S. journalist Paul Klebnikov.

“Unfortunately, this group included retired and acting interior ministry and (Federal Security Service) officers,” Chaika is quoted as saying by the Guardian.

Politkovskaya, 48, a reporter for Noveya Gazeta, was murdered execution-style as she stepped out of the elevator in her Moscow apartment building on Oct. 7, 2006. Klebnikov, 41, edited the Russian edition of Forbes magazine. He was shot dead in July 2004 near his Moscow office.

“Ten people have been arrested in connection with this case and literally, in the very near future, they will be charged with carrying out this grave crime,” Chaika is quoted as saying by the Guardian.