‘The biggest threat in our 30-year history’: The rationale behind the Russian authorities’ attempt to liquidate the human rights group Memorial is absurd (even by its own logic)

In November, Russia's prosecutor general filed a lawsuit to liquidate Memorial International -- Russia's oldest and most authoritative human rights organization. Memorial was accused of violating Russia's legislation on "foreign agents" by failing to include the required labels on its materials. Almost all of Memorial's alleged violations were reported to Roskomnadzor, Russia's federal censorship agency, by the FSB's Ingushetia office. Meduza explains why that particular office has played such an important role in this story, and whether its complaints against Memorial are at all justified. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/11/23/the-biggest-threat-in-our-30-year-history