Searches at the homes of employees of the Memorial human rights society are a new step in the practices of political repressions in Russia
Statement by the Yabloko party, 21.03.2023
Photo by Safron Golikov / Kommersant
On 21 March, 2023, investigators from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation came with searches to the employees of the Memorial [human right] society, including its leader Yan Rachinsky.
The Yabloko party considers the searches at the homes of employees of the Memorial society an act of forceful pressure on people who for many years have been involved in preserving the historical memory of the terrible years of the [Joseph Stalin’s] Great Terror and whose competence and integrity cannot be doubted. What happened is an example of a struggle against dissent which is destructive for Russia.
Searches at the homes of employees of the Memorial society represent a new step in the practices of political repressions in Russia.
Yabloko considers it unacceptable that citizens of Russia and the cause of preserving the memory of Russia’s people, to which they dedicated their lives, suffer from short-sighted and essentially primitive political games.
Nikolai Rybakov,
Yabloko Chairman
Posted: March 21st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.