Yabloko to commemorate lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova
Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova were murdered ten years ago
Press release, 16.01.2019
On 19th January, Yabloko activists and leaders will lay flowers to the place where lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova were killed by – at 1 Prechistinka Ulitsa.
Ten years ago Markelov and Baburova were murdered in the centre of Moscow in plain daylight on 19 January 19, 2009, shot in the head. Neo-Nazis Nikita Tikhonov and Evgenia Khasis were rested in 2009 on suspicion of murder. In 2011 Tikhonov was sentenced to life imprisonment, Khasis was sentenced to 18 years in prison. In 2015 Ilya Goryachev, leader of a nationalist group “BORN”, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Yabloko conducts actions in memorial ceremonies to commemorate Markelov and Baburova annually.
The action will begin at 14:00.
Posted: January 17th, 2019 under Human Rights.