The court will re-check the verdict in the murder of Markelov and Baburova Lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburo They were shot dead in January 2009 in Moscow, one of the most notorious murders in Russia in the 2000s. Nikita Tikhonov (life imprisonment) and his common-law wife Yevgenia Khasis (18 years in prison) were convicted of this crime, who avenged Markelov, according to the verdict, for his anti-fascist activities. Although the Strasbourg court found violations in the case, it did not award compensation to the convicted.
