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Also known as Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov

Russian lawyer (1974-2009)

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Born
Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov , 20 May 1974, Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Died
19 January 2009 (2009-01-19) (aged 34), Moscow, Russia
Cause of death
Murder
Alma mater
Moscow State Law University
Occupations
Human rights lawyer and journalist

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Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov (Russian: Станисла́в Ю́рьевич Марке́лов, IPA: [stənʲɪˈslaf ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐrˈkʲeləf]; 20 May 1974 – 19 January 2009) was a Russian human rights lawyer. He participated in a number of publicized cases, including those of left-wing political activists and antifascists persecuted since the 1990s, as well as journalists and victims of police violence.

Markelov had been the attorney for the family of Elza Kungaeva, a young Chechen woman killed by Russian colonel Yuri Budanov, who was released from prison in mid-January, 15 months before his original sentence was to end. Markelov was murdered by members of the neo-Nazi organization BORN on 19 January 2009 in Moscow.

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