PHOTO: protesters hold portraits of assassinated civil rights lawyer Stanislav Marleov and freelance reporter Anastasia Baburova at the Russian embassy in Kiev

Wed Jan 21, 7:46 AM ET

People hold portraits of Russian lawyer Stanislav Markelov (R) and reporter Anastasia Baburova during a mourning rally outside the Russian embassy in Kiev January 21, 2009. Markelov, a lawyer acting for the family of a Chechen girl whose murder by a Russian officer became a symbol of human rights abuses in the region and budding reporter Baburova were gunned down in central Moscow on January 19, 2009.REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE)

Mon Jan 19, 3:16 PM ET

Lawyer Stanislav Markelov sits during court hearings in Grozny, in this September 14, 2007 file photo. Markelov, a prominent Russian lawyer, who had fought against the early release of an army colonel convicted of murdering a Chechen girl, was shot dead on a Moscow street on January 19, 2009.REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev/Files (RUSSIA)

Mon Jan 19, 12:44 PM ET

Lawyer Stanislav Markelov is seen speaking to the media in Moscow in this Feb. 3, 2005 photo. Markelov was shot and killed Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, after a press conference in central Moscow, officials said. A human-rights lawyer who fought against the early release of a Russian colonel convicted of murdering a Chechen woman was shot dead on a Moscow street Monday, days after the officer left prison, law enforcement authorities said.(AP Photo/Grigory Tambulov, Kommersant)

Wed Jan 21, 7:41 AM ET

People hold portraits of Russian lawyer Stanislav Markelov (R) and reporter Anastasia Baburova during a mourning rally outside the Russian embassy in Kiev January 21, 2009. Markelov, a lawyer acting for the family of a Chechen girl whose murder by a Russian officer became a symbol of human rights abuses in the region and budding reporter Baburova were gunned down in central Moscow on January 19, 2009.REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE)