A Moscow court sentenced ultranationalist Nikita Tikhonov to life in jail for the murder of human-rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova in 2009. The court also sentenced Tikhonov's accomplice and civil partner Yevgeniya Khasis to 18 years in prison. Markelov and Baburova were gunned down in broad daylight in downtown Moscow in January 2009. Investigators said Baburova was killed because she was a witness to the murder of Markelov, and Markelov was killed because he belonged to the anti-fascist movement. A jury found Tikhonov and Khasis guilty of the murders. Both are linked to the outlawed ultranationalist group Russky Obraz. During the trial, Khasis pleaded not guilty while Tikhonov admitted to a separate arms trading charge but denied involvement in the murder.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110506/163887219.html
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1635717
http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=335693 (video)
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