During the 24 years of leadership of the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putinseveral notorious political assassinations have taken place in Russia, to which must be added the deaths in strange circumstances of numerous activists and human rights defenders.
Anna Politkóvskaya (2006)
The famous journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in the doorway of her home on October 7, 2006, coinciding with the 54th birthday of the Russian presidentVladimir Putin.
Justice ruled that the murder was organized and committed by a group of Chechens, although the courts never identified the mastermind of the crime.
Politkovskaya’s family, lawyers and colleagues at the Novaya Gazette newspaper blame the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, for being involved in the journalist’s death.
Stanislav Markélov and Anastasia Babúrova (2009)
Lawyer Stanislav Markélov and the journalist from the opposition newspaper «Nóvaya gazeta» Anastasia Baburova were murdered in Moscow in January 2009.
A popular jury found two ultranationalists guilty of the murder, who They shot the lawyer and the journalist in the middle of the street, when they were leaving a press conference in the center of the Russian capital.
Justice established that the murder was perpetrated for political and ideological reasons, since Markelov defended the victims of violent attacks perpetrated by Russian neo-Nazi groups.
Natalia Estemirova (2009)
Human rights activist and contributor to Novaya Gazette, Estemírova was found dead near a road in the North Caucasian republic of Ingushetia in July 2009.
The journalist was investigating kidnappings, summary executions, torture and other abuses against civilians in the Caucasus and, specifically, in Chechnya, where she earned the enmity of the Chechen leader Kadyrov.
Kadyrov sued one of the directors of the human rights organization Memorial, for which Estemirova worked, for holding him responsible for her death.
Boris Nemtsov (2015)
Nemtsov, former deputy prime minister and then opposition leaderwas murdered in front of the Kremlin walls in February 2015.
Considered the most serious murder in the history of modern Russiahis death sparked protests in Moscow and unanimous international condemnation against the authorities of this country.
His family accuses the Kremlin not of pulling the trigger, but of creating the conditions that led to the opponent’s shooting at the hands of a group of Chechens, as established by the courts.
Nemtsov had accused the Kremlin of the largest corruption case in the country’s history during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. EFE
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