Freelance Journalist Killed With Markelov
Journalist and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov was shot and killed in Moscow on 19 January 2009 leaving a press conference about his last minute appeal against the early release of Yuri Budanov, a former commander imprisoned for kidnapping, abuse of power and aggravated murder of a young Chechen woman. Anastasia Baburova, a freelance journalist for Novaya Gazeta and a member of Autonomous Action, was with Markevlov at the time and was also shot and killed. Racist groups hailed Markelov's killing in Internet chatter, but it is unclear whether they were behind it.
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