Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov ( rus, Станисла́в Ю́рьевич Марке́лов, , stənʲɪˈslaf ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐrˈkʲeləf; 20 May 1974 – 19 January 2009) was a Russian
human rights
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lawyer. He participated in a number of publicized cases, including those of left-wing political activists and
antifascists
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persecuted since the 1990s, as well as journalists and victims of
police violence
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.
Inter alia, Markelov had been the attorney for the family of
Elza Kungaeva, a young
Chechen woman killed by Russian colonel
Yuri Budanov
Yuri Dmitrievich Budanov ( rus, Ю́рий Дми́триевич Буда́нов, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊˈdanəf; 24 November 196310 June 2011) was a Russian military officer convicted by a Russian court of kidnapping and ...
, who was released from prison in mid-January, 15 months before his original sentence was to end.
Markelov was murdered on 19 January 2009 in Moscow.
Career
Markelov was a president of the Russian Rule of Law Institute. He represented
Anna Politkovskaya
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, 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
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.
Murder
Markelov was shot to death on 19 January 2009 while leaving a news conference in Moscow less than from the
Kremlin
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; he was 34.
Anastasia Baburova, a journalist for ''
Novaya Gazeta
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'' who tried to come to Markelov's assistance, was also shot and killed in the attack.
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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". 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.
According to Russian military analyst
, the details of the murder indicate the involvement of Russian state security services.
sent a telegram to the parents of Anastasia Baburova on 23 January 2009. Russian President
indicate that most people distrusted the authorities and thought they could not adequately investigate the murder and that the crimes would not be solved.