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20.01.2009, 02:16
The lawyer of the Kungayev family, the relatives of a Chechen woman, who was murdered by a Russian army colonel, has been killed. Stanislav Markelov was shot dead in the centre of Moscow in broad daylight on Monday.
23.01.2009, 15:29
The funeral of a lawyer gunned down in broad daylight on a Moscow street has been held in the capital. A memorial service for the journalist killed in the same attack has also taken place.
22.01.2009, 02:50
She'd turned 25 just over a month ago. Close to graduating from Russia's most prestigious university, with an interesting job, journalist Anastasiya Baburova had her entire life before her.
30.03.2010, 02:04
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The death toll from the bomb attacks on two Moscow underground stations has reached 39 people. More than 70 others were injured in the explosions during the crowded morning rush hour.
15.05.2009, 17:20
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Moscow has filed a formal complaint to Helsinki after Finland's consulate general in St. Petersburg helped a Finnish citizen take his son out of Russia against both the will of his Russian mother and the law.
30.11.2009, 18:41
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Europe has long been condemning the communist regime, but none of the countries has gone as far as Poland, where a law was signed allowing people to be fined or imprisoned for keeping and buying communist symbols.
23.05.2010, 12:37
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The European Court of Human Rights has delivered its verdict in the case of Vasily Kononov against Latvia in favor of the latter.
26.07.2010, 00:02
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Police say the have killed two militants who allegedly staged the attack at the Baksan hydropower station in the Russian Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, in which two people were killed and two more injured.
11.09.2010, 23:05
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Seventeen people have been killed and nearly 180 injured as a powerful car bomb attack hit the central market in the city of Vladikavkaz, the capital of the republic of North Ossetia.
20.08.2010, 15:23
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The Appeals Court of Thailand on Friday has ruled that Russian businessman Viktor Bout must be extradited to the United States to stand trial over charges of conspiracy to sell weapons.
Published: 26 January, 2009, 19:10
A lawyer gunned down on a Moscow street last week has received a posthumous honour. The Chechen human rights commissioner has given Stanislav Markelov a medal “for protection of human rights”.
