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High-profile lawyer murdered in central Moscow

Published: 20 January, 2009, 02:16
Edited: 12 August, 2010, 20:35


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.

 
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