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In this photo taken Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, who was leading Soviet dissident and has continued to lead the fight for democracy and human rights in Russia, looks on after visiting the grave of her slain Chechen colleague Natalya Estemirova at a cemetery in Koshkeldy, 70 kilometers (44 miles) east of Grozny, Chechnya. The European Union's parliament on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought to three prominent Russian rights activists, in recognition of the difficult conditions they face in defending human rights in Russia today. The prize was awarded to Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Sergei Kovalyov and Oleg Orlov on behalf of the human rights organization Memorial and "all other human rights defenders in Russia," parliament President Jerzy Buzek said. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)