Baburova's parents claim to collect 5 million roubles from Tikhonov as moral compensation

Today, the suffered party - Larissa Baburova and Eduard Baburov - moved a petition at the trial on the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova about bringing a civil action against Nikita Tikhonov. They want to receive 5 million roubles in compensation for their moral harm and 40,000 roubles - for their material damage.

Nikita Tikhonov said that he did not commit the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova. "I believe that this claim should be rejected. I don't recognize any claims of the victims, because I declare my innocence in relation to the crimes imputed to me," said the defendant.

His advocates left the decision to the discretion of the court. They did not want to get acquainted with the parents' air and train return Simferopol-Moscow tickets by which they got to the trial (Baburova's parents live in Simferopol, - note of the "Caucasian Knot"), which are demanded to be compensated through their civil action.

The judge made a decision on further participation of Anastasia Baburova's parents in the trial as civil claimants.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has reported that today's session of the trial listened to characteristics of the defendants and data about Markelov's and Baburova's personalities.

The state prosecution asked for life imprisonment for Nikita Tikhonov and 20 years of imprisonment for Evgenia Khasis. The judge decided to postpone sentencing until tomorrow.