A Russian Federal Security Service officer has been charged Wednesday in connection with the 2006 murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

FSB Lt. Col. Pavel Ryaguzov has been charged with providing Politkovskaya's killers with her home address prior to her Oct. 7, 2006 slaying in her Moscow apartment building, Itar-Tass reported Wednesday, citing a source close to the investigation, United Press International stated in an article.

“Charges have been officially brought against Ryaguzov within the framework of the case on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist, under the article which deals with the abuse of office,” the source told Itar-Tass. “The point in question is the episode, when he passed information about Politkovskaya's place of residence to Shamil Burayev, former chief of the local administration of the Achkhoi-Martan district of Chechnya. Later Burayev passed the address to the murderers.”

Itar-Tass also reported that Russian authorities detained Ryagunov in September in connection with the case, UPI stated.