Lawyer Stanislav Markelov killed and «Novaya gazeta» employee seriously wounded in center of Moscow
The murder of Stanislav Markelov took place in the day in the area of the «Kropotkinskaya» metro station. In the words of eyewitnesses, the criminal shot the lawyer in the head from a pistol with a silencer. «Novaya gazeta» employee Anastasia Baburova, being found at that moment alongside Markelov, attempted to detain the killer, however was wounded likewise by a shot to the head. In serious condition they hospitalized her in the 1st City hospital. She is found in intensive care, doctors are fighting for her life.
We will remind, Stanislav Markelov was the lawyer of the family of the Kungayevs. Today, in particular, he had declared that he does not rule out the possibility of turning to an international court on the basis of the fact of the conditional early release of ex-colonel Budanov.
«Novaya» reference
Stanislav Markelov
Markelov was a lawyer for the most high-profile cases in relation to employees of «Novaya gazeta» and had an official contract with the publication. He conducted the case about the killing of «Novaya gazeta» journalist Igor Domnikov, since the year 2003 all cases that were initiated based on the materials of Anna Politkovskaya, the case of OMON employee S.V. Lapin (nickname «cadet»), who had committed atrocity in relation to the peaceful citizens of Chechnya. Represented the interests of victims in the criminal case of «Nord-Ost», in the mass police lawlessness in Blagoveshchensk. Stanislav Markelov was the first and only non-local lawyer working for a long time directly on the territory of the Chechen republic.
Anastasia Baburova
Employee of «Novaya gazeta», last-year student in the journalism department at Moscow State University. Was working on informal youth movements, in particular was following information on neo-nazis. In particular, Anastasia's material on the verdict issued to leader of the right-radical grouping «Format 18» Maxim Marcinkiewicz came out in No.4 of «Novaya gazeta».
«Novaya gazeta»
19.01.2009 18:59
