Police started arresting activists at the Supreme Court, where the trial of Memorial * is underway

At the building of the Supreme Court in Moscow, where the trial of "Memorial" * is underway, the police began to arrest him. At the moment, it is known about four detained activists. The liquidation of the International Memorial * community is being considered at the hearings.

According to The Insider ** , one of the detainees is Grigory Saxonov, who tied himself to a post with a bicycle lock. According to "Moskvich Mag", the second detainee is Olga Bakst, who stood with a poster "Thank you, Memorial, you remember us." Aleksey Belenkin was also detained with a poster "We are Memorial". The identity of the fourth detainee was not specified, but he was carrying a poster “You cannot kill the memory of the people! We survive in poverty, powerlessness and almost no hope".

Meanwhile, many people, journalists and police officers gathered outside the building.

It was reported yesterday that Veterans of Russia demanded that Memorial * be brought to justice, accusing the organization of denying, deliberately suppressing and falsifying the crimes of Nazi accomplices by perpetuating their memory as victims of political repression in the USSR.

* - organizations are included by the Ministry of Justice in the list of NPOs performing the function of a foreign agent.

** - entered by the Ministry of Justice into the register of foreign media agents.