Farid Babayev

Farid Babayev
Born
Farid Nametalievich Babayev

(1959-08-08)8 August 1959
Jaba, Akhtynsky District, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Died24 November 2007(2007-11-24) (aged 48)
Makhachkala, Russia
NationalityRussian

Farid Nametalievich Babayev (Russian: Фарид Наметалиевич Бабаев; 1959 – 2007) was a Russian politician with the liberal anti-Kremlin Yabloko party. He was assassinated in 2007.

Career

Babayev was a candidate of the regional list for the party in the 2 December elections.[1][2]

Death

Babayev was shot late 21 November 2007 in the entryway of his apartment building in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan.[1][2][3] Doctors said he was shot four times, including at least once in the head.[3] He died on 24 November of his wounds.[3]

Reaction

Yabloko party leader, Grigory Yavlinsky called Babayev "one more victim of the authoritarian regime of Putin, where the physical destruction of your political opponents has become the norm."[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Russian opposition candidate dies of gunshot wounds". The Hindu. Moscow. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Russian election candidate shot". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c vanden Heuvel, Katrina (26 November 2007). "The Fight for Press Freedom in Putin's Russia". The Nation. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Kasparov arrested in anti-Putin protest". Deseret News. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2024.


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