Memorial society supporters and law enforcement officers are seen outside the Russian Supreme Court a hearing of arguments of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office and international public organization Memorial Society (a non-profit organization declared a foreign agent in Russia) outside the Supreme Court of Russia, in Moscow, Russia. Memorial is one of the country's oldest and most prominent human rights groups founded by Soviet dissidents including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov in 1989. Russian prosecutors earlier this month asked the Supreme Court to shut the international branch of Memorial, labeled as a "foreign agent" in Russia, over legal and constitutional violations.
- Package: Russia Memorial Centre Closing Trial
- Categories: Crime, Law & Justice
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 28.12.2021
- Date published: 28.12.2021
- Author: Mikhail Voskresenskiy
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2335x1456px, 1.8Mb
- Job-ID: ed74e03d2446bd0e