Russia shuts down human rights group that preserved the legacy of Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov
Separate Russian courts on Friday ordered the liquidation of a human rights organization that preserved the legacy of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov and the arrest of a prominent election monitor, in the latest moves in a widespread crackdown on dissent. Sakharov, who died in 1989, was…
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