Stanislav Markelov

Stanislav Markelov was a human rights lawyer and activist. He was killed in January 2009 by a Russian neo-Nazi.

Stanislav Markelov: Russia’s Trade Union Movement, 1990s-2000s

Ten years ago this month, Russian activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov was murdered. Here, we publish an extended interview with him on the fate of worker-led activism in post-Soviet Russia. Russian version

By Stanislav Markelov

/ 19 Jan 2019

Stanislav Markelov: F*** anarchy, there’s no future anyway

Ten years ago this month, activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov was murdered in Moscow. We publish his reflections on power, the state and revolutionary maximalism here for the first time in English.

By Stanislav Markelov

/ 19 Jan 2019

Stanislav Markelov: the new feudalism

As part of our project to bring the thought of Russian activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov (1974-2009) to international readers, we present his reflections on the “New Middle Ages” and the current crisis.

By Stanislav Markelov

/ 19 Jan 2019

Stanislav Markelov: the situation of political prisoners in Russia

Since the late 1990s, Russia has seen an increasing rise in the number of terrorism cases - both real and fabricated. Lawyer Stanislav Markelov, in this 2006 article, reflects on the changing nature of the concept of political prisoner, and his own advocacy.

By Stanislav Markelov

/ 18 Jan 2019

Stanislav Markelov: the situation of political prisoners in Russia

Stanislav Markelov: Times change but the stagnation remains

Ten years ago this month, activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov was murdered in Moscow. We publish his reflections on Russian society’s nostalgia for the Soviet period here for the first time in English.

By Stanislav Markelov

/ 17 Jan 2019

Patriotism as a diagnosis

Nine years ago today, Russian activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov was shot dead in central Moscow. We republish the last article he wrote before his death.

By Stanislav Markelov

/ 19 Jan 2018