July : Chechens committed killings of lawyer and journalist in Moscow . Attorney Stanislav Markelov killed in front of an office in central Moscow . Markelov had held a news conference hours before his death opposing the early release of the colonel , Yury Budanov , who was freed after serving eight years of a 10-year sentence . Journalist Anastasia Baburova shot when she tried to intervene . Markelov had demanded release of a colonel jailed for killing Chechen woman .
July : Chechens committed killings of lawyer and journalist in Moscow . Attorney Stanislav Markelov killed in front of an office in central Moscow . Journalist Anastasia Baburova shot when she tried to intervene . Markelov had demanded release of a colonel jailed for killing Chechen woman .