Anastasia Baburova

Anastasia Baburova
Анастасия Бабурова
Born30 November 1983
Died19 January 2009(2009-01-19) (aged 25)
Cause of deathAssassination
EducationMoscow State University
OccupationJournalist/student
EmployerNovaya Gazeta
SpouseAlexander Frolov (m. 2003; divorced 2007)

Anastasia Baburova (Russian: Анастасия Эдуардовна Бабурова, romanizedAnastasia Eduardovna Baburova; Ukrainian: Анастасiя Едуардівна Бабурова, romanizedAnatasiia 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.