A Russian judge dissolved one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious organizations dedicated to human rights on Tuesday, a move that government critics say furthers President Vladimir Putin’s assault on dissent
A Russian judge dissolved one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious organizations dedicated to human rights on Tuesday, a move that government critics say furthers President Vladimir Putin’sThe
group, International Memorial, which was founded under Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to research and shed light on the far-reaching abuses committed by the Soviet system against its citizens, has increasingly
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