About two dozen people attended Kyiv action in memory of native of Sevastopol, journalist Anastasia Baburova and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov, gunned down by Russian far-right thugs in 2009. January 19, about two dozen people attended Kyiv action in memory of native of Sevastopol, journalist Anastasia Baburova and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov, gunned down by Russian far-right thugs in 2009. 112.International journalist reports it from the scene. The commemoration of eleventh anniversary of the murder also has acquired meaning of protests against xenophobia, far-right terror, and lawlessness. The protesters came with the slogans: “Solidarity instead of violence,” “To remember means to fight on,” “Stop the far-right terror,” “Good bye, terror,” “Stop feeding the far-right!” Few dozens far-right provocateurs showed up to disrupt the commemoration rally, however the law enforcers managed to stop them. The far-right were shouting “Sieg heil!” and giving Nazi salut. Ten provocateurs were detained. In Ukraine, the representatives of right-wing radical groups are also accused of committing high-profile crimes, including the murders of journalists Pavlo Sheremet and Oles Buzyna, former MP of Russian State Duma Denys Voronenkov, anti-corruption activist Kateryna Handziuk, murder of 23-year-old Roma David Pap in Lviv and paratrooper Ivan Kuznetsov, the attempted murder of deputy of Kyiv regional council Vyacheslav Sobolev, during which his three-year old son died. The rally was attended by Ukrainian journalists from independent publications and human rights activists. Some of them have received anonymous threats for their political positions right after the rally.
via 112 international: Far-right fails to disrupt Kyiv commemoration of victims of Russian neo-Nazis