The following is a translation, hot off the press, of an article posted to Novaya Gazeta, the newspaper where Anastasia Baburova was employed. Baburov was accompanying Stanislav Markelov when an attacker shot them both, fatally wounding the ...
Lawyers for Yury Budanov (photo), the former colonel released on bail, have told Interfax that he was not involved in arranging the assassination of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov. The following is a translation from Interfax: “In hi...
Russian newspaper Kommersant has published five photos on the Stanislav Markelov story, four from the crime scene, and one from earlier. They are not for the faint of heart.
One of Russia’s bravest and most highly regarded human rights lawyers, Stanislav Markelov, has been assassinated today by an unknown gunman at point blank range on Prechistenka Street in Moscow. Anastasia Baburova, a woman accompanying...
For some, it is going to get worse before it gets better. From Ian Bremmer on RCP: With oil prices well below what the Russians can afford, but Putin’s (& Medvedev’s) popularity still high, the initial moves have been to cons...
(Editor’s note: RA drafted this piece on Friday, before the murder of Stanislav Markelov, the lawyer representing the family of Budanov’s victim) To describe the Russian justice system as flawed and dysfunctional would be an extremely ...
TODAY: Understanding reached between Russia and Ukraine, but EU remains cautious until gas flows are restored; Putin tries to temper Obama expectations; his charity painting sells for over $1m; suicide and bullying major problems for Russian milit...
It’s sure been a long time since I last visited Moscow’s courts. But, having visited one today, I saw for myself: nothing’s changed there. A whole bunch of people. One judge over a brief period of time examines several cases. Thi...
The following is a translation from Khodorkovsky.ru: Yuri Schmidt: “Kuchma, this is not a plaintiff, it is a dummy figure” Meshchansky District Court of Moscow postpones session to 25 February. On Friday, the Meshchansky District Court...
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