Moscow: On Dec 28, Russia’s Supreme Court ordered the country’s well-known human rights group to be liquidated for breaching a law. The top Kremlin critic was jailed and his political movement was banned for criticizing the govt. “This is a bad signal showing that our society and our country are moving in the wrong direction,” the Memorial Board Chairman Jan Raczynski told.

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