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Stanislav Markelov
Станислав Юрьевич Маркелов
Stanislav Markelov at a seminar in Bilingua club (Moscow) on November 13, 2007
Born20 May, 1974
Moscow, Russian SSR
DiedJanuary 19, 2009(2009-01-19) (aged 34)
Moscow, Russia
Occupationhuman rights lawyer/journalist

Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov (Russian: Станислав Юрьевич Маркелов) (20 May 1974 – 19 January 2009) was a human rights lawyer and journalist who wrote investigative articles on Chechnya. Markelov had been the attorney for the family of Elza Kungaeva, a young Chechen woman killed by Russian colonel Yuri Budanov, who was released from prison in mid-January, 15 months before his original sentence was to end. Markelov was murdered on 19 January 2009 in Moscow.

Career

Markelov was a president of the Russian Rule of Law Institute.[1] He represented Anna Politkovskaya who was gunned down in Moscow in 2006, Mikhail Beketov, the editor of an pro-opposition newspaper who was severely beaten in November 2008 and many Chechen civilians who were tortured. He also defended people who were beaten, tortured, and raped by Russian special police forces in the city of Blagoveshensk, Bashkortostan,[2][3][4][5] and victims of the Moscow theater hostage crisis.[6][7]

Murder

Markelov was shot to death on 19 January 2009 while leaving a news conference in Moscow less than half a mile from the Kremlin; he was 34. Anastasia Baburova, a journalist for Novaya Gazeta who tried to come to Markelov's assistance, was also shot and killed in the attack.[8][9][10]

Comments

BBC reported that Markelov planned to appeal the early release of Budanov. Budanov, sentenced to ten years in prison, was released early because he had "repented".[11] When reached for a comment, Budanov denounced the killings as a provocation aimed at fueling animosity between the Russians and the Chechens and offered condolences to the families of the deceased.[12]

According to Russian military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer, the details of the murder indicate involvement of Russian state security services.[13] He stated:

In the opinion of the Novaya Gazeta staff, of which I am a member, the Russian security services or rogue elements within these services are the prime suspects in the murders of Baburova and Markelov. The boldness of the attack by a single gunman in broad daylight in the center of Moscow required professional preliminary planning and surveillance that would necessitate the security services, which closely control that particular neighborhood, turning a blind eye. The use of a gun with a silencer does not fit with the usual pattern of murders by nationalist neo-Nazi youth groups in Russia, which use homemade explosives, knifes, and group assaults to beat up and stab opponents to death.

The offices of Russia's rulers President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have not issued any statements expressing indignation or offering any condolences after the two murders. This follows the usual behavioral pattern of the authoritarian Putin regime when its critics are murdered in cold blood.

Condolences

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko sent a telegram to the parents of Anastasia Baburova on 23 January 2009.[14] Russian President Dmitry Medvedev offered his condolences six days later.[15][16][17]

Protests

Close to 300 young people protested in Moscow with slogans: "United Russia is a fascist country" and "Markelov will live ever"[18]. More than 2000 people came to the streets of Grozny[19].

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International requested an impartial investigation[20].

References

  1. ^ "President of the Rule of Law Institute". Rule of Law Institute.
  2. ^ Press-conference of Blagoveshensk victims 21 октября 2005.
  3. ^ Markelov: an illegal filtration camp has been created in the city of Blagoveshensk
  4. ^ Hayrullin, Marat (2005-01-10). "The entire city was beaten". Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 2008-03-16.
  5. ^ Hayrullin, Marat (2005-03-17). "A profession: to mop up the Motherland". Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 2008-03-16.
  6. ^ Anna Politkovskaya's lawyer Stanislav Markelov shot dead in Moscow Times Online
  7. ^ "Prominent Chechnya Lawyer Slain in Moscow", Associated Press Via Google News (January 19, 2009)
  8. ^ "Human Rights Lawyer, Journalist Killed in Moscow" Associated Press via Yahoo News (January 19, 2009)
  9. ^ "Chechen Rights Lawyer and Journalist Shot in Moscow". The International Herald Tribune Retrieved 01-19-2009
  10. ^ "Leading Russian Rights Lawyer Is Shot to Death in Moscow, Along With Journalist". New York Times. January 20, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-23. A prominent Russian lawyer who spent the better part of a decade pursuing contentious human rights and social justice cases was killed on Monday in a brazen daylight assassination in central Moscow, officials said. The lawyer, Stanislav Markelov, had just left a news conference where he announced that he would continue to fight against the early release from jail of Yuri D. Budanov, a former Russian tank commander imprisoned for murdering a young Chechen woman. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  11. ^ "Prominent Russian Lawyer Killed", BBC News (January 19, 2009)
  12. ^ "[[:Template:Ru icon]] В центре Москвы расстреляли адвоката, выступавшего против освобождения Буданова". Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2009-01-20. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  13. ^ Pavel Felgenhauer (2009-01-22). "The Russian Security Services—The Prime Murder Suspect". Eurasia Daily Monitor. Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  14. ^ Виктор Ющенко выразил соболезнования в связи с гибелью журналистки Анастасии Бабуровой, condolence message of the President of Ukraine (in Russian) (23-01-2009)
  15. ^ "Medvedev Expresses Condolences Over Journalist Slain in Moscow". Bloomberg. 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  16. ^ "[[:Template:Ru icon]] Дмитрий Медведев сказал, почему не выразил соболезнования в связи с убийством Маркелова и Бабуровой". mideast.ru. 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2009-01-29. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  17. ^ "Medvedev sympathy for murdered activists signals break from past". Financial Times. 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  18. ^ Анархисты все-таки прошли шествием по Москве, grani.ru (20-01-2009) (in Russian)
  19. ^ Чеченцы хотят увековечить память убитого адвоката, svobodanews.ru (20-01-2009) (in Russian)
  20. ^ Правозащитники требуют расследования убийства Маркелова, grani.ru (20-01-2009) (in Russian)

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