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Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO, June 6, 2003

Investigation of the Murder of Larissa Yudina Should Continue

Statement

Five years have elapsed since the murder of Larissa Yudina. However, the investigation of the murder committed on June 7, 1998 cannot be considered over. Only the perpetrators of the murder were convicted. The contract killers and organizers of organised the murder are still free. At the same time the investigation organised by YABLOKO and conducted by highly qualified lawyers demonstrated that the facts and witnesses' evidences are more than enough to achieve their conviction.

Both the failure to complete the investigation and the reason for the murder of Editor-in-Chief of "Soveitskaya KalmikiyaToday" newspaper and leader of YABLOKO's branch in Kalmykia are attributable to politics.

The Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO once again authoritatively tates that the results of the public investigation of the murder of Larissa Yudina are enough to resume the investigation and convict the organisers of this political crime. We hereby forward to the Public Prosecutor General

an urgent request to end the investigation, ask the state power bodies and state officials at all levels to manifest their political will and not to hinder any resumption and conducting of the investigation.

The failure to punish the organizers of ordered political murders and inability to conclude investigations present an immediate threat to national security. Consequently, a criminal that gets into power and merges with power is becoming more impudent. Ordered crimes threaten to become an ordinary method of political struggle.

Punishment of the contract killers and organizers of the murder of Larissa Yudina would not only restore justice: it would also become am important step in the decriminalization of Russian politics.

Chairman of the YABLOKO party

Grigory Yavlinsky

June 6, 2003

 

See also:

Murder of Larissa Yudina

Russian Democratic Party YABLOKO, June 6, 2003

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