Farid Nametalievich Babayev (; 1959 – 2007) was a Russian politician with the liberal anti-Kremlin

Yabloko The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko (RUDP Yabloko; rus, Росси́йская объединённая демократи́ческая па́ртия «Я́блоко», Rossiyskaya obyedinyonnaya demokraticheskaya partiya "Yabloko" ...

party. He was assassinated in 2007.

Career

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

Death

Babayev was shot late 21 November 2007 in the entryway of his apartment building in

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, the capital of

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. Doctors said he was shot four times, including at least once in the head. He died on 24 November of his wounds.

Reaction

Yabloko party leader,

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called Babayev "one more victim of the authoritarian regime of Putin, where the physical destruction of your political opponents has become the norm."

References

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