Action in memory of Larissa
Yudina took place by Representation of the Republic of Kalmykia
in Moscow
Press Release
June 7, 2010
Today, on June 7, on the tragic anniversary of the murder
of leader of Kalmyk YABLOKO and oppositional journalist Larissa
Yudina took place by Representation of the Republic of Kalmykia
in Moscow. The participants of the action demanded to release
the names of those who ordered the murder of Larissa Yudina,
who, according to YABLOKO’s data, were determined by the investigation.
“We can not rule out that [President of the Republic] Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov was the one who personally ordered the murder,”
Sergei Mitrokhin said at the picket.
Today it is the 12th anniversary since the murder of Larissa
Yudina, the leader of Kalmyk YABLOKO, editor-in-chief of Sovietskaya
Kalmykia Segodnya and main opponent of the President of the
Republic Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. On this day YABLOKO’s activists
brought portraits of their murdered colleague and lit candles
by the Representation of the Republic of Kalmykia in Moscow.
YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin told the journalists that
the monstrous murder was made by the people close to the heads
of the Republic and President Ilyumzhinov. Ilyumzhinov’s aid
on legal issues S.Vaskin was found guilty of murder by court.
“However, those who ordered this crime have not been names
yet, but we know that the investigation knows these names,”
Mitrokhin said. “Until those who ordered the murder are named
we are not able to clearly answer the question on Ilyumzhinov’s
complication in the crime, and we can not rule out that he
personally might be the one who ordered the murder,” Mitrokhin
added.
Mitrokhin also told about Grigory Yavlinsky’s meeting with
Vladimir Putin in 2000. Then Russian President promised to
strengthen the investigation, however, the case did not progress,
and five years later Putin appointed Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for
another presidential term in the Republic.
Mitrokhin promised that YABLOKO will hold the action by Representation
of the Republic of Kalmykia every year until those who ordered
the murder are punished.
