Russia orders 'very significant' closure of most established rights group Memorial • FRANCE 24
FRANCE24, 28 Dec 2021
Russia's Supreme Court ordered the country's best-known human rights group on Tuesday to be liquidated for breaking a law requiring groups to register as foreign agents, capping a year of crackdowns on Kremlin critics unseen since the Soviet days. FRANCE 24's Chief International Affairs Editor Rob Parsons brings us his analysis.
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