ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Veteran pro-democracy and human rights activist Irina Savostina has died in Almaty at the age of 87.
Savostina’s relatives and associates said that she died on September 2 of complications caused by diabetes.
In the 1990s, Savostina was considered one of the most influential public figures in the Central Asian country.
She led the Pokoleniye (Generation) movement