Anastasia Baburova

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Eduardovna and the family name is Baburova.
Anastasia Baburova
Анастасия Бабурова
Born30 November 1983
Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died19 January 2009(2009-01-19) (aged 25)
Moscow, Russia
Cause of deathAssassination
EducationMoscow State University
OccupationJournalist/student
EmployerNovaya Gazeta
SpouseAlexander Frolov (m. 2003; divorced 2007)

Anastasia Baburova (Russian: Анастасия Эдуардовна Бабурова, romanized: Anastasia Eduardovna Baburova; Ukrainian: Анастасiя Едуардівна Бабурова, romanized: Anatasiia Eduardivna Baburova; 30 November 1983 – 19 January 2009) was a journalist for Novaya Gazeta and a student of journalism at Moscow State University. She was born in Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR.[1][2][3] A member of Autonomous Action,[4] she investigated the activities of neo-Nazi groups.[5][6] She was shot and killed together with human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ "С Родины на Родину: Севастополь простился с Анастасией Бабуровой" [From Homeland to Homeland: Sevastopol bids farewell to Anastasia Baburova]. Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). 27 January 2009. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Sevastopol pays final respects to journalist gunned down in Moscow". UNIAN. 26 January 2009. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Виктор Ющенко выразил соболезнования в связи с гибелью журналистки Анастасии Бабуровой" [Viktor Yushchenko expresses condolences over death of journalist Anastasia Baburova]. Справочная Секретариата Президента Украины (in Russian). 23 January 2009. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Anastasia "Skat" Baburova, 30 November 1983-19 January 2009". Autonomous Action. 19 January 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  5. ^ Felgenhauer, Pavel (22 January 2009). "The Russian Security Services—The Prime Murder Suspect". Eurasia Daily Monitor. Vol. 6, no. 14. The Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Obituary: Anastasia Baburova". The Economist. 5 February 2009. p. 79. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  7. ^ Schwirtz, Michael (19 January 2009). "Leading Russian Rights Lawyer Is Shot to Death in Moscow, Along With Journalist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
  8. ^ "Murder of lawyer shocks Russians". BBC News. 20 January 2009. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
  9. ^ "В центре Москве убиты адвокат Станислав Маркелов и журналист "Новой газеты" Анастасия Бабурова" [Lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasia Baburova killed in downtown Moscow]. Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). 19 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.