<< THE SECOND TRIAL >> The child’s voice failed to be heard not just by the chairman of Petrozavodsk City Council Bondarchuk, while the court heard the girl’s statement about how much she loved her adoptive father. As for unlawful threat to privacy, the Karelian children's ombudsman Sarayev did not, for some reason, try to … Continue reading What We’ve Uncovered [2]
Wall of Sorrow (Moscow)*
Moscow’s “Restoring the Names” (2018) in question
On Friday 19 October, the Moscow city authorities suddenly withdrew permission to hold this year’s ceremony in its traditional location, next to FSB headquarters, claiming that ongoing construction and restoration work made the site unsuitable. 29 October 2017, Lubyanka Square, Moscow For the last 11 years the ceremony of Restoring the Names has been held … Continue reading Moscow’s “Restoring the Names” (2018) in question
Stalin’s long shadow
"In March 1953, after Stalin's death, the chief editor of the weekly Literaturnaya Gazeta Konstantin Simonov wrote that the main task of Soviet literature henceforth would be to understand Stalin's role in Russian history. He had no idea how right he would be!" writes Alexander Cherkasov. "It was literature that fostered the growth of interest … Continue reading Stalin’s long shadow
Do not support their hypocrisy!
It is immoral to support the hypocrisy of the Russian authorities An appeal by 37 former political prisoners concerning today’s opening of a monument in Moscow As former political prisoners and participants in the Democratic Movement in the Soviet Union, we consider the opening in Moscow of a monument to the “victims of political repression” … Continue reading Do not support their hypocrisy!
Putin unveils monument in Moscow
Amid controversy over his own methods of maintaining control over Russia, President Vladimir Putin has unveiled a memorial dedicated to victims of Soviet-era government repression and said the years of suffering at the hands of the state must never be forgotten. Putin was speaking at the opening ceremony for the Wall Of Sorrow on 30 … Continue reading Putin unveils monument in Moscow
The Dmitriev Affair 