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Sentence Given for Murders of Markelov and Baburova
On May 6, 2011, the Moscow City Court sentenced neo-Nazi Nikita Tikhonov to life in prison for the January 2009 murders of attorney Stanislav Markelov and Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasia Baburova. Tikhonov’s common-law wife Evgenia Khasis, who acted as a lookout, was sentenced to 18 years in a penal colony for her role in the killing.
Racism and Xenophobia Update for April 2011
In April 2011, at least 19 people were victims of racist and neo-Nazi attacks. Among them, one was killed (a Central Asian in Moscow), and three received serious death threats.