The Supreme Court liquidated the historical society “International Memorial”
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The Supreme Court of Russia liquidated the international historical, educational, charitable and human rights society “International Memorial” (recognized in Russia as an NGO-foreign agent) after a corresponding claim by the General Prosecutor's Office. RIA Novosti reports.
At a court session held on December 28, the claim was supported by representatives of the Ministry of Justice and Roskomnadzor.
During the meeting, Aleksey Zhafyarov, a representative of the Prosecutor General's Office, accused the Memorial society of rehabilitating Nazi accomplices, stating that it also speculates on the topic of repression, presenting the USSR as a terrorist state.
“We are forced to watch the attempts to rehabilitate Nazi criminals. This is because someone pays for it – and this is the real reason why Memorial fights so carefully against calling itself a foreign agent, ”a representative of the prosecutor’s office said in court, noting that over the past two years, the organization has never did not apply to them with a request to recognize anyone as a victim of repressions.
The International Memorial Society received a claim from the Prosecutor General's Office on November 11. The reason is the repeated violation of the law on foreign agents. The organization denies these violations and claims that the case is political in nature.
International Memorial was founded in 1992 in Moscow. Its creation was preceded by the emergence in 1987 of the Moscow public group “Memorial”, which gave rise to the emergence of regional organizations. In 1989, they all united into the All-Union Historical and Educational Society “Memorial”. Today the society is engaged in human rights, educational and research activities dedicated to political repression in the USSR. In 2016, the Ministry of Justice entered the center into the register of organizations performing the functions of foreign agents, which obliges Memorial to make appropriate markings in its publications.
