Penza, 17 January 2016. PenzaNews. A public rally to commemorate the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and the journalist Anastasia Baburova, murdered by Neo-Nazis in Moscow downtown in 2009 for their persistent opposition to terror of right wing extremists and fascistization of the Russian society, will be held at the Dzerzhinsky public garden of Penza at 14.00 of Tuesday, January 19.

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The main mottoes of the event, a part of the annual countrywide campaign, are “Won’t Forgive, Won’t Forget!” and “Remembering Means Fighting.”

The public rally aims to attract public attention to issues in relations between people of different ethnicities, growing nationalist sentiment in the society, and increased propensity towards conflict.

Reportedly, the memorial rally will include speeches by members of the Penza anti-Nazi movement and youth organizations.