The Case of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova
We offer to your attention a summary of the case of Nikita Tikhoniov and Eygenia Khasis who have been arrested as suspects for the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova. Stanislav Markelov, a lawyer, civil rights advocate, and founder of the Institute of the Rule of Law, and Anastasia Baburova, a left wing activist journalist who reported for "Novaya Gazeta," "Izvestia," "Rossiyskaya Gazeta," and "Vechernaya Moskva (Evening Moscow)," were shot and killed on January 19, 2009.