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| caption = Stanislav Markelov at a Moscow seminar in Bilingua club on 13 November 2007
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'''Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov''' ({{lang-rus|Станисла́в Ю́рьевич Марке́лов||stənʲɪˈslaf ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐrˈkʲeləf}}; 20 May 1974 – 19 January 2009) was a Russian [[human rights]] lawyer. He participated in a number of publicized cases, including those of left-wing political activists and [[Anti-fascism|antifascists]] persecuted since the 1990s, as well as journalists and victims of [[police violence]].
'''Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov''' ({{lang-rus|Станисла́в Ю́рьевич Марке́лов||stənʲɪˈslaf ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐrˈkʲeləf}}; 20 May 1974 – 19 January 2009) was a Russian [[human rights]] lawyer. He participated in a number of publicized cases, including those of left-wing political activists and [[Anti-fascism|antifascists]] persecuted since the 1990s, as well as journalists and victims of [[police violence]].


Inter alia, Markelov had been the attorney for the family of [[Elza Kungaeva]], a young [[Chechen people|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.
Inter alia, Markelov had been the attorney for the family of [[Elza Kungaeva]], a young [[Chechen people|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 by members of the neo-Nazi organization BORN on 19 January 2009 in Moscow.

Markelov was murdered on 19 January 2009 in Moscow.


==Career==
==Career==
Markelov was a president of the Russian Rule of Law Institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ruleoflaw.ru/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=26|title=President of the Rule of Law Institute|publisher=Rule of Law Institute|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125110403/http://ruleoflaw.ru/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=26|archive-date=25 January 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He represented [[Anna Politkovskaya]], who was gunned down in Moscow in 2006; Mikhail Beketov, the editor of a pro-opposition newspaper who was severely beaten in November 2008; and many Chechen civilians who had been tortured. He also defended people who were victims of the [[Moscow theater hostage crisis]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5547721.ece Anna Politkovskaya's lawyer Stanislav Markelov shot dead in Moscow] [[Times Online]]</ref>
Markelov was a president of the Russian Rule of Law Institute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=President of the Rule of Law Institute |url=http://ruleoflaw.ru/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125110403/http://ruleoflaw.ru/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=26 |archive-date=2009-01-25 |access-date=2009-01-25 |website=Rule of Law Institute |language=en}}</ref> He represented [[Anna Politkovskaya]], who was gunned down in Moscow in 2006; Mikhail Beketov, the editor of a pro-opposition newspaper who was severely beaten in November 2008; and many Chechen civilians who had been tortured. He also defended people who were victims of the [[Moscow theater hostage crisis]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Naughton |first=Philippe |date=2009-01-19 |title=Anna Politkovskaya's lawyer Stanislav Markelov shot dead in Moscow |language=en-GB |work=[[The Times]] |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5547721.ece |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512174629/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5547721.ece |archive-date=2011-05-12}}</ref>


==Murder==
==Assassination==
{{main| Murders of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova}}
Markelov was shot to death on 19 January 2009 while leaving a news conference in Moscow less than {{convert|1/2|mi|m|order=flip}} 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.<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/19/europe/20chechnya.php "Chechen Rights Lawyer and Journalist Shot in Moscow"]. ''[[The International Herald Tribune]]'' Retrieved 19 January 2009</ref><ref name="Anastasia">{{cite news|first= Michael|last= Schwirtz|title=Leading Russian Rights Lawyer Is Shot to Death in Moscow, Along With Journalist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/world/europe/20chechnya.html?th&emc=th|quote=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. |work=[[New York Times]]|date=20 January 2009|accessdate=23 January 2009}}</ref>
Markelov was shot to death on 19 January 2009 while leaving a news conference in Moscow less than {{convert|1/2|mi|m|order=flip}} 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.<ref name="IHT2009">{{Cite news |last=Schwirtz |first=Michael |last2=Bowley |first2=Graham |date=2009-01-19 |title=Chechen Rights Lawyer and Journalist Shot in Moscow |language=en |work=[[The International Herald Tribune]] |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/19/europe/20chechnya.php |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124234133/http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/19/europe/20chechnya.php |archive-date=2009-01-24}}</ref><ref name="Anastasia">{{Cite news |last=Schwirtz |first=Michael |date=2009-01-19 |title=Leading Russian Rights Lawyer Is Shot to Death in Moscow, Along With Journalist |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/world/europe/20chechnya.html |accessdate=2009-01-23 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


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The [[president of Ukraine]] [[Viktor Yushchenko]] sent a telegram to the parents of Anastasia Baburova on 23 January 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-01-23 |title=Виктор Ющенко выразил соболезнования в связи с гибелью журналистки Анастасии Бабуровой |trans-title=Viktor Yushchenko expresses condolences over death of journalist Anastasia Baburova |url=http://www.president.gov.ua/ru/news/12698.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204223408/https://www.president.gov.ua/ru/news/12698.html |archive-date=2009-02-04 |access-date=2009-01-29 |website=Справочная Секретариата Президента Украины |language=ru}}</ref> Russian President [[Dmitry Medvedev]] offered his condolences six days later.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kim |first=Lucian |date=2009-01-29 |title=Medvedev Expresses Condolences Over Journalist Slain in Moscow |language=en-US |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aNx5E6AYmcBs&refer=europe |url-status=dead |accessdate=2009-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023205834/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aNx5E6AYmcBs&refer=europe |archive-date=2012-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-01-29 |title=Дмитрий Медведев сказал, почему не выразил соболезнования в связи с убийством Маркелова и Бабуровой |language=ru |trans-title=Dmitry Medvedev said why he did not express condolences in connection with the murder of Markelov and Baburova |work=Mideast.ru |url=http://www.mideast.ru/367/44783 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131083229/http://mideast.ru/367/44783 |archive-date=2009-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Belton |first=Catherine |author-link=Catherine Belton |date=2009-01-30 |title=Medvedev sympathy for murdered activists signals break from past |work=[[Financial Times]] |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d2064d6-ee6f-11dd-b791-0000779fd2ac.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225005240/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d2064d6-ee6f-11dd-b791-0000779fd2ac.html |archive-date=2009-02-25}}</ref>
===Comments===
The [[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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7838328.stm|title=Prominent Russian lawyer killed|date=19 January 2009|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> When reached for a comment, Budanov denounced the killings as a provocation aimed at fueling animosity between Russians and Chechens and offered condolences to the families of the deceased.<ref>{{cite web|author=Nechaev, Aleksandr|author2=Kachkaeva, Elina |script-title=ru:В центре Москвы расстреляли адвоката, выступавшего против освобождения Буданова|language=ru|work=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]|url=http://kp.ru/daily/24229/430211/|date=20 January 2009|accessdate=20 January 2009}}</ref>

According to Russian military analyst [[Pavel Felgenhauer]], the details of the murder indicate the involvement of Russian state security services.<ref name="Pavel">{{cite web|title=The Russian Security Services—The Prime Murder Suspect|author=Pavel Felgenhauer|author-link=Pavel Felgenhauer|publisher=[[Eurasia Daily Monitor]]|date=22 January 2009|url=http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=34391|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121220214736/http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=34391&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=fb814ff846|archive-date=20 December 2012|accessdate=29 January 2009}}</ref> He stated: {{blockquote|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, knives, 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.<ref name="Pavel"/>}}

===Condolences===
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The [[president of Ukraine]] [[Viktor Yushchenko]] sent a telegram to the parents of Anastasia Baburova on 23 January 2009.<ref>[http://www.president.gov.ua/ru/news/12698.html Виктор Ющенко выразил соболезнования в связи с гибелью журналистки Анастасии Бабуровой], condolence message of the [[President of Ukraine]] (in Russian) (23 January 2009)</ref> Russian President [[Dmitry Medvedev]] offered his condolences six days later.<ref>{{cite news|title=Medvedev Expresses Condolences Over Journalist Slain in Moscow|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aNx5E6AYmcBs&refer=europe|date=29 January 2009|accessdate=29 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Дмитрий Медведев сказал, почему не выразил соболезнования в связи с убийством Маркелова и Бабуровой|publisher=Mideast|url=http://www.mideast.ru/367/44783|date=29 January 2009|accessdate=29 January 2009|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Belton|first=Catherine|author-link=Catherine Belton|title=Medvedev sympathy for murdered activists signals break from past|work=[[Financial Times]]|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d2064d6-ee6f-11dd-b791-0000779fd2ac.html|date=30 January 2009|accessdate=30 January 2009}}</ref>

===Distrust===
Investigations by the radio station [[Echo of Moscow]] indicate that most people distrusted the authorities and thought they could not adequately investigate the murder and that the crimes would not be solved.<ref name="echo">[http://www.echo.msk.ru/polls/568363-echo/comments.html Будут ли найдены виновные в смерти Маркелова и Бабуровой Эхо Москвы, 25 January 2009]</ref> The distrust stimulated the wide discussion of the murder and protests.{{weasel inline|date=May 2020}}{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}


===Reactions===
===Reactions===
Close to 300 young people protested in Moscow with slogans such as "[[United Russia]] is a fascist country" and "Markelov will live forever".<ref>[http://www.grani.ru/Politics/Russia/activism/m.146577.html Анархисты все-таки прошли шествием по Москве], [[grani.ru]] (20 January 2009)(in Russian)</ref> More than 2,000 people took to the streets of [[Grozny]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svobodanews.ru/Article/2009/01/20/20090120181631460.html |title=Чеченцы хотят увековечить память убитого адвоката|website=www.svobodanews.ru|date=20 January 2009|language=RU}}</ref>
Close to 300 young people protested in Moscow with slogans such as "[[United Russia]] is a fascist country" and "Markelov will live forever".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-01-20 |title=Анархисты все-таки прошли шествием по Москве |language=ru |trans-title=Anarchists marched through Moscow after all |work=Грани.ру |url=https://graniru.org/Politics/Russia/activism/m.146577.html |access-date=2009-01-21}}</ref> More than 2,000 people took to the streets of [[Grozny]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Дадаев |first=Ахмед |date=2009-01-20 |title=Чеченцы хотят увековечить память убитого адвоката |language=ru |trans-title=Chechens want to memorialize murdered lawyer |work=[[Svoboda (newspaper)|Svoboda]] |url=http://www.svobodanews.ru/Article/2009/01/20/20090120181631460.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130064306/http://www.svobodanews.ru/Article/2009/01/20/20090120181631460.html |archive-date=2009-01-30}}</ref> [[Human Rights Watch]] and [[Amnesty International]] requested an impartial investigation.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-01-20 |title=Правозащитники требуют расследования убийства Маркелова |language=ru |work=Грани.ру |url=https://graniru.org/Politics/Russia/m.146566.html |access-date=2009-01-21}}</ref> A [[hate crime]]s expert, [[Galina Kozhevnikova]], said in February 2009 that she received an [[e-mail]]ed threat warning her to "get ready" to join Markelov.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wolfe |first=Lauren |date=2009-02-11 |title=Neo-Nazis threaten to murder journalists in Russia |url=https://cpj.org/2009/02/neo-nazis-threaten-to-murder-journalists-in-russia/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=[[Committee to Protect Journalists]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Human Rights Watch]] and [[Amnesty International]] requested an impartial investigation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grani.ru/Events/Crime/m.146566.html |title=Правозащитники требуют расследования убийства Маркелова|website= www.grani.ru|date= 20 January 2009|language=RU}}</ref>

A [[hate crime]]s expert, [[Galina Kozhevnikova]], said in February 2009 that she received an [[e-mail]]ed threat warning her to "get ready" to join Markelov.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/12/europe/EU-Russia-Extremist-Targets.php |title=Activists: Russian reporters under neo-Nazi threat|newspaper=[[The International Herald Tribune]]|date= 12 February 2009}}</ref>

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==Investigation==
In November 2009, Russian authorities declared the end of the criminal investigation. The murder suspects were 29-year-old Nikita Tikhonov and his girlfriend, 24-year-old Yevgenia Khasis, a radical nationalist couple involved with a group called [[:ru:Русский образ (журнал)|Russky Obraz]] or ''Russian Image'' ({{lang-ru|Русский образ}}) and associated with the [[Identitarian movement|identitarian organization]] BORN ([[:ru:Боевая организация русских националистов|Battle Organization of Russian Nationalists]]) ({{lang-ru|Боевая организация русских националистов}}).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/06/russian-neo-nazi-life-sentence-murder |title=Russian neo-Nazi gets life sentence for murdering lawyer and journalist |publisher= theguardian.com|date= 6 May 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/nationalist-suspected-in-hgh-profile-killings-extradited/489332.html |title= Nationalist Suspected in High-Profile Killings Extradited |publisher= themoscowtimes.com|date= 11 Nov 2013}}</ref> Initially, "Russkiy Obraz" was a magazine, set up by Tikhonov and his friend [[Ilya Goryachev]] in 2002 as a clone of the radical fascist Serbian "Image" ({{lang-ru|Сербское "Образ"}}) formed by Mladen Obradovic ({{lang-ru|Младен Обрадович}}), Deacon Boban Milovanovic ({{lang-ru|диакон Бобан Милованович}}) and Alexander Mishich ({{lang-ru|Александр Мишич}}).<ref name=inosmi22062012>{{cite news |url=https://inosmi.ru/social/20120622/193937593.html |title=Шешель - почетный гражданин Москвы? |trans-title=Sheshel - an honorary citizen of Moscow? |work=[[inoSMI|ИноСМИ]] |last=Нэцин |first=Горан (Necin, Goran) |date=22 June 2012 |access-date=23 December 2019 |language=ru}}</ref>{{efn|In 2012, Russkiy Obraz became the "Right-wing Conservative Alliance" ({{lang-ru|"обновленная версия" – "Правоконсервативный альянс"}}) or Right-Conservative Alliance (PKA) ({{lang-ru|«Право-Консервативного Альянса» (ПКА)}}) and stated that the former leader of the [[Serbian Radical Party]] [[Vojislav Šešelj]] ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Војислав Шешељ}}) is an honorary citizen of [[Moscow]].<ref name=inosmi22062012/><ref name=Meduza03052017>{{cite news |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2017/05/03/otkrytaya-rossiya-sotrudnichala-s-byvshim-glavoy-organizatsii-russkiy-obraz-chem-izvestna-eta-organizatsiya |title="Открытая Россия" сотрудничала с бывшим главой организации "Русский образ". Чем известна эта организация? Рассказывает главный редактор "Медиазоны" Сергей Смирнов |trans-title=Open Russia collaborated with the former head of the Russian Image organization. What is this organization known for? Says the editor-in-chief of "Mediazones" Sergey Smirnov |work=[[Meduza]] |last=Смирнов |first=Сергей (Smirnov, Sergey) |date=3 May 2017 |access-date=23 December 2019 |language=ru}}</ref> Both Anna Trigga, also known as Anna Vladislavovna Bogacheva ({{lang-ru|Анна Владиславовна Богачева}}), who is indicted by the United States for her participation with the [[Internet Research Agency]] to [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|interfere with the 2016 United States elections]] and convicted Russian spy [[Maria Butina]] were members of the Conservative Alliance.<ref name=TriggaBogachevaButina>{{cite web |url=http://militarev.livejournal.com/1904453.html |title=Журнал непрерывного отжига и ковки. Здесь куется наша победа. - Очередное заседание Консервативного клуба |trans-title=Journal of continuous annealing and forging. Here our victory is forged. - The next meeting of the Conservative Club |work=Консервативного клуба (Conservative Club) |date=18 October 2012 |access-date=23 December 2019 |archive-date=28 October 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121028185938/http://militarev.livejournal.com/1904453.html |language=ru}}</ref><ref name=Svoboda02102019>{{cite news |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/30195584.html |title="Русский образ" Пригожина |trans-title="Russian image" Prigogine |work=[[Radio Svoboda|Svoboda]] |last1=Крутов |first1=Марк |last2=Добрынин |first2=Сергей |last3=Литой |first3=Александр |date=2 October 2019 |access-date=23 December 2019 |language=ru}}</ref>}} Both were students of history at [[Moscow State University]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://libcom.org/news/stanislav-markelov-anarchists-26012009 |title= Stanislav Markelov and anarchists |publisher= libcom.org|date= 26 Jan 2009 }}</ref> According to Tikhonov, the identitarian organization BORN was founded by him and Goryachev in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/russian-neonazi-ilya-goryachev-was-jailed-for-life-for-a-string-of-hate-killings-in-russia/news-story/b12ac7c043dc2a741a4d96030257e400 |title= Russian neo-Nazi Ilya Goryachev was jailed for life for a string of hate killings in Russia |publisher= news.com.au|date= 29 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.khpg.org/index.php?id=1436923279 |title= Leader of "Kremlin project" found guilty of ultranationalist BORN murders |publisher=khpg.org |date= 15 July 2015 }}</ref> According to both Khasis and Sergey Smirnov, Russky Obraz was the political roof for BORN similar to Sein Fein's relationship to the Irish Republican Army.<ref name=Meduza03052017/><ref name=Svoboda02102019/><ref name=MediaZona20112014>{{cite news |url=https://zona.media/online/2014/20/11/born-dopros-hasis |title=Дело БОРН. Допрос неонацистки Хасис |trans-title=BORN case. Interrogation of neo-Nazi Khasis |work=[[MediaZona|«Медиазона»]] (MediaZona) |date=20 November 2014 |access-date=23 December 2019 |language=ru}}</ref><ref name=Dozhd28022012>{{cite news |url=https://tvrain.ru/teleshow/i_tak_dalee_s_mihailom_fishmanom/identifikatsija_borna_tak_kto_zhe_stojal_za_rossijskimi_neonatsistami-364064/ |title=АРХИВ. Интервью с Леонидом Симуниным, которого Евгения Хасис назвала куратором БОРНа из Кремля. |trans-title=ARCHIVE. Interview with Leonid Simunin, whom Yevgenia Khasis called the BORN curator from the Kremlin. |work=Dozhd |last=Васюнин |first=Илья (Vasyunin, Ilya) |date=28 February 2014 |access-date=23 December 2019 |language=ru}}</ref> According to Khasis, Leonid Simunin was the BORN connection to the [[Moscow Kremlin|Kremlin]] and the presidential administration through [[Vladislav Surkov]] with a ''[[silovik]]i'' as the retired [[Federal Security Service|FSB]] officer Aleksey Korshunov ({{lang-ru|Алексей Коршунов}}) another strong supporter of BORN.<ref name=Dozhd28022012/><ref name=Meduza20112014>{{cite news |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2014/11/20/ya-byla-ego-zhenschinoy-u-menya-avtomat-pod-podushkoy-hranilsya |title="Я была его женщиной. У меня автомат под подушкой хранился" Евгения Хасис дала показания по делу БОРНа |trans-title="I was his woman. I had a machine under my pillow. "Evgenia Khasis testified in the BORN case |work=[[Meduza]] |last=Козенко |first=Андрей (Kozenko, Andrey) |date=20 November 2014 |access-date=23 December 2019 |language=ru}}</ref>

According to investigators, Tikhonov was the one who committed the murder, while Khasis reported to him, by cell phone, the movements of Markelov and Baburova right before the assault. The motive of the murder was revenge for Markelov's prior work as a lawyer in the interests of Trotskyite activists. The murder suspects were arrested, and were reported to have confessed. In May 2011, Tikhonov was sentenced to life imprisonment, and Khasis was sentenced to 18 years in prison.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/06/nikita-tikhonov-yevgenia-khasis-sentenced_n_858591.html|title=Nikita Tikhonov And Yevgenia Khasis, Russian Nationalists, Sentenced For Killing Human Rights Lawyer, Journalist|newspaper=[[Huffington Post]] | date=6 May 2011}}</ref>

[[Federal Security Service|FSB]] director [[Alexander Bortnikov]] reported to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that the radical group in question committed a murder on ethnic grounds in September 2009 and was preparing another one.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

In 2015, another member of the BORN nationalis group Ilya Goryachev was sentenced for murder of Markelov.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Leader of "Kremlin project" found guilty of ultranationalist BORN murders :: khpg.org|url = http://khpg.org/index.php?id=1436923279|website = khpg.org|accessdate = 17 July 2015}}</ref>


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=== Investigation ===
==Notes==
In November 2009, Russian authorities declared the end of the criminal investigation. The murder suspects were 29-year-old Nikita Tikhonov and his girlfriend, 24-year-old Yevgenia Khasis, a radical nationalist couple involved with a group called Russky Obraz or ''Russian Image'' ({{lang-ru|Русский образ}}) and associated with the [[Identitarian movement|identitarian organization]] {{ill|Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists|lt=BORN|ru|Боевая организация русских националистов}} ({{lang-ru|Боевая организация русских националистов}}).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Parfitt |first=Tom |date=2011-05-06 |title=Russian neo-Nazi gets life sentence for murdering lawyer and journalist |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/06/russian-neo-nazi-life-sentence-murder |access-date=2016-01-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Krainova |first=Natalya |date=2013-11-11 |title=Nationalist Suspected in High-Profile Killings Extradited |language=en |work=[[The Moscow Times]] |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/nationalist-suspected-in-hgh-profile-killings-extradited/489332.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2016-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126053226/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/nationalist-suspected-in-hgh-profile-killings-extradited/489332.html |archive-date=2016-01-26}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/mark-j23.shtml Lawyer and human rights activist Stanislav Markelov murdered in Moscow] [[World Socialist Web Site]]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/world/europe/20chechnya.html?th&emc=th "Leading Russian Rights Lawyer Shot in Moscow", ''The New York Times'' (20 January 2009)]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/world/europe/20chechnya.html?th&emc=th "Leading Russian Rights Lawyer Shot in Moscow", ''The New York Times'' (20 January 2009)]
* [http://eretik-samizdat.blogspot.ru/2013/02/vladislav-bugera-obituary-for-stanislav.html Obituary for Stanislav Markelov] by Vladislav Bugera, ''[[Johnson's Russia List|JRL]]'' (20 January 2009) ([http://justicefornorthcaucasus.info/?p=1232515200 the copy])
* [http://eretik-samizdat.blogspot.ru/2013/02/vladislav-bugera-obituary-for-stanislav.html Obituary for Stanislav Markelov] by Vladislav Bugera, ''[[Johnson's Russia List|JRL]]'' (20 January 2009) ([http://justicefornorthcaucasus.info/?p=1232515200 the copy])

Latest revision as of 10:18, 15 April 2024

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yuryevich and the family name is Markelov.

Stanislav Markelov
Станислав Маркелов
Markelov in 2007
Born
Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov

20 May 1974
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died19 January 2009(2009-01-19) (aged 34)
Moscow, Russia
Cause of deathMurder
Occupation(s)Human rights lawyer and journalist

Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov (Russian: Станисла́в Ю́рьевич Марке́лов, IPA: [stənʲɪˈslaf ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐrˈkʲeləf]; 20 May 1974 – 19 January 2009) was a Russian human rights lawyer. He participated in a number of publicized cases, including those of left-wing political activists and antifascists persecuted since the 1990s, as well as journalists and victims of police violence.

Inter alia, 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 by members of the neo-Nazi organization BORN on 19 January 2009 in Moscow.

Career[edit]

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 a pro-opposition newspaper who was severely beaten in November 2008; and many Chechen civilians who had been tortured. He also defended people who were victims of the Moscow theater hostage crisis.[2]

Assassination[edit]

Main article: Murders of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova

Markelov was shot to death on 19 January 2009 while leaving a news conference in Moscow less than 800 metres (1⁄2 mi) 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.[3][4]

The president of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko sent a telegram to the parents of Anastasia Baburova on 23 January 2009.[5] Russian President Dmitry Medvedev offered his condolences six days later.[6][7][8]

Reactions[edit]

Close to 300 young people protested in Moscow with slogans such as "United Russia is a fascist country" and "Markelov will live forever".[9] More than 2,000 people took to the streets of Grozny.[10] Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International requested an impartial investigation.[11] A hate crimes expert, Galina Kozhevnikova, said in February 2009 that she received an e-mailed threat warning her to "get ready" to join Markelov.[12]

Investigation[edit]

In November 2009, Russian authorities declared the end of the criminal investigation. The murder suspects were 29-year-old Nikita Tikhonov and his girlfriend, 24-year-old Yevgenia Khasis, a radical nationalist couple involved with a group called Russky Obraz or Russian Image (Russian: Русский образ) and associated with the identitarian organization BORN [ru] (Russian: Боевая организация русских националистов).[13][14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "President of the Rule of Law Institute". Rule of Law Institute. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
  2. ^ Naughton, Philippe (19 January 2009). "Anna Politkovskaya's lawyer Stanislav Markelov shot dead in Moscow". The Times. Archived from the original on 12 May 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
  3. ^ Schwirtz, Michael; Bowley, Graham (19 January 2009). "Chechen Rights Lawyer and Journalist Shot in Moscow". The International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 January 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  4. ^ Schwirtz, Michael (19 January 2009). "Leading Russian Rights Lawyer Is Shot to Death in Moscow, Along With Journalist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  5. ^ "Виктор Ющенко выразил соболезнования в связи с гибелью журналистки Анастасии Бабуровой" [Viktor Yushchenko expresses condolences over death of journalist Anastasia Baburova]. Справочная Секретариата Президента Украины (in Russian). 23 January 2009. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
  6. ^ Kim, Lucian (29 January 2009). "Medvedev Expresses Condolences Over Journalist Slain in Moscow". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Дмитрий Медведев сказал, почему не выразил соболезнования в связи с убийством Маркелова и Бабуровой" [Dmitry Medvedev said why he did not express condolences in connection with the murder of Markelov and Baburova]. Mideast.ru (in Russian). 29 January 2009. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
  8. ^ Belton, Catherine (30 January 2009). "Medvedev sympathy for murdered activists signals break from past". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  9. ^ "Анархисты все-таки прошли шествием по Москве" [Anarchists marched through Moscow after all]. Грани.ру (in Russian). 20 January 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  10. ^ Дадаев, Ахмед (20 January 2009). "Чеченцы хотят увековечить память убитого адвоката" [Chechens want to memorialize murdered lawyer]. Svoboda (in Russian). Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  11. ^ "Правозащитники требуют расследования убийства Маркелова". Грани.ру (in Russian). 20 January 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  12. ^ Wolfe, Lauren (11 February 2009). "Neo-Nazis threaten to murder journalists in Russia". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  13. ^ Parfitt, Tom (6 May 2011). "Russian neo-Nazi gets life sentence for murdering lawyer and journalist". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  14. ^ Krainova, Natalya (11 November 2013). "Nationalist Suspected in High-Profile Killings Extradited". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

His articles[edit]

External links[edit]

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