Nikolai Rybakov: “The head of the Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev has discredited his post and must resign”
Statement by the Yabloko Chairman, 3.12.2024
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The head of the Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev has made an error once again. He gave the idea to remove the Solovetsky Stone [erected in memory of victims of Soviet political repression] from Lubyanka Square so as not to embarrass the people who work in the building on Lubyanka Square.
It is not the Solovetsky Stone that have to be moved from Lubyanka, but the office of the special services must be removed from the building on the square – to another building that does not carry a dark history. The GULAG museum should be moved to this building on the square. Moreover, it was reported that there were some problems with fire safety in the current building [of the museum]. This would be fair and would truly mean the state’s position on assessing the Great Terror as a crime against its people.
I believe that Valery Fadeyev has discredited his post with his statements so much that he has no right to hold this post anymore and must resign.
On 30 October, Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, Valery Fadeyev called the persecution of political activists in Russia “minimal sanitary measures” for “those who actually act on the side of the enemy”.
Posted: December 3rd, 2024 under Governance, History, Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.