Stanislav Markelov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stanislav Markelov

Russian lawyer

Date of Birth: 20-May-1974

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 19-Jan-2009

Profession: lawyer, human rights activist, journalist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov (Russian: ????????´? ?´?????? ?????´???; 20 May 1974 – 19 January 2009) was a Russian human rights lawyer.
He participated in a number of publicized cases, including those of left-wing political activists and antifascists persecuted since the 1990s, as well as those of victims of police violence, journalists, etc. Inter alia, Markelov had been the attorney for the family of Elza Kungaeva, a young Chechen woman killed by Russian colonel Yuri Budanov, who was released from prison in mid-January, 15 months before his original sentence was to end. Markelov was murdered on 19 January 2009 in Moscow.