Markelov was a president of the Russian Rule of Law Institute . He represented Anna Politkovskaya , who was gunned down in Moscow in 2006 ; Mikhail Beketov , the editor of a pro-opposition newspaper who was severely beaten in November 2008 ; and many Chechen civilians who had been tortured . He also defended people who were victims of the Moscow theater hostage crisis
Moscow theater hostage crisis
Moscow theater hostage crisis
Stanislav Markelov