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Murders of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova | |
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Location | Moscow, Russia |
Coordinates | 55°44′38″N 37°35′59″E / 55.7438°N 37.5998°E |
Date | 19 January 2009 |
Attack type | Assassination |
Weapon | Browning 1910 pistol |
Deaths | 2 |
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Perpetrators | Battle Organization of Russian Nationalists |
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Neo-Nazism in Russia |
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On 19 January 2009, two Russian journalists, Anastasia Baburova and Stanislav Markelov, were shot and killed by members of the neo-Nazi organization Battle Organization of Russian Nationalists. Baburova became the fourth Novaya Gazeta journalist to be killed since 2000.