Emilia Slabunova on the excavation of the Sandarmokh mass grave and the accusations against historian Yuri Dmitriyev
Ekho Moskvy website, 13.11.2018
Why do experts doubt that excavation of Sandarmokh [a Soviet mass grave in the Republic of Karelia] is legal? Why cannot the excavation team prove that they are authorised to dig up the place where thousands of victims of political reprisals are buried? Why do MPs in the Republic of Karelia are reluctant to consider this issue? Is there a way to elicit the truth about what is going on in Sandarmokh?
These are some of the issues Yabloko Chair Emilia Slabunova touched upon in her interview to the Echo Moskvy radio station.
“This [the excavation] is a retrospective attempt to compromise the scale of the national tragedy – the genocide of the state against people. Moreover, there are attempts to justify the persecution of opposition-minded people,” the politician said.
“The main thing that we should do is to keep these issues under control as society,” Slabunova noted.
Emilia Slabunova’s interview begins at 1.30.00.
Posted: November 15th, 2018 under Human Rights, Overcoming Stalin's Legacy.