Stanislav Markelov

Stanislav Markelov

20 May 1974 – 19 January 2009

I am tired. I am tired of seeing people I knew in criminal reports. It is not a work anymore, it is a question of survival. We need protection against nazis, we need protection against mafia officials, protection against the very same law-enforcement officials who often serve them. And we are fully aware of the fact, that no one else except us would provide us this protection. Neither God, nor Tsar, nor the Law – no one else, only we.

Lawyer, human rights advocate, president of the Russian Rule of Law Institute, socialist.

Was a lawyer of the Elza Kungaeva, a young Chechen women killed by Russian colonel.

Saved many of antifascist and anarchist comrades from the Russian prison.

Was an attorney on the side of Russian antifascists in the cases related to the murder of the antifascist Alexander Ryukhin and nazi attack on eco-camp in Angarsk, resulted in the death of the anarchist Ilia Borodaenko.

Protected Romani people against unlawful evictions.

Protected the head of Soldiers Mothers committee, accused of helping to evade conscription.