Activist Attacked

Maria Drachenko, an activist in the St. Petersburg branch of Sovest, or Conscience, which supports former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky, intends to ask prosecutors to investigate an arson attack on her apartment on Monday night, Ekho Moskvy reported Wednesday.

Drachenko was in the apartment with her daughter when the attack occurred. They extinguished the fire before emergency services arrived.

Drachenko linked the attack to her political activities.

(From The St-Petersburg Times, 21.10.2004)
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Read "Marina" and not "Maria" Drachenko