"Committee of January 19" prepares action in memory of Stanislav Markelov

The city administration of Moscow is to receive a notification about the march to commemorate the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who died four years ago in the capital. The march is to be held on January 19. This was reported by the "Committee on January 19", the organizer of the action.

Let us remind you that Stanislav Markelov was killed on January 19, 2009, when he returned from the press conference held in the "Independent Press Centre" at Prechistenka Street, dedicated to early relief of Yuri Budanov. Anastasia Baburova, a student of the Department of Journalism of the Moscow State University (MSU) and a journalist of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", who accompanied Stanislav Markelov on that tragic day, was wounded and later died in hospital. Investigators believe that she was an occasional victim.

The message posted on the website of the "Committee of January 19" states that the purpose of the upcoming memorial action is to draw citizens' attention to the problem of neo-Nazi violence, xenophobia, chauvinism, and discrimination on grounds of non-Russian citizenship and "non-Slav appearance".

On January 19, similar events are also planned in Saint Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Milan, and other cities.