Friday, April 29, 2011

Russian Nationalists Found Guilty of Markelov Murder

Two Russian far-right activists were convicted of the 2009 murders of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. Markelov, a friend of the assassinated journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and Baburova, who worked for the liberal newspaper Novaya Gazeta, were gunned down in January 2009 in central Moscow. Nikita Tikhonov and Yevgeniya Khasis, both linked to a banned ultranationalist group called Russky Obraz, were found guilty of the murders by a 7-5 jury verdict. The Moscow City Court said it would hand down their sentences on May 5. The pair, who married in custody, were also convicted of forming a criminal group and illegal weapons possession.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110428/163760375.html
http://rian.ru/justice/20110429/369290868.html
http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=334346 (video)

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