Russian court orders seizure of the office of 2022 Nobel Laureate

IRYNA BALACHUK — FRIDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2022, 22:23 

A Russian court has decided to seize the office of Memorial, the international historical, educational, charitable and human rights society that received the Nobel Peace Prize earlier on 7 October. 

Source: Memorial Society, on Telegram

Quote: "The court’s decision: an agreement on the transfer of the building from the International Memorial to the Memorial Research and Educational Centre to be declared illegal."

Details: The Centre explained that in this case, they are going to "lose the building on Karetny Ryad in Moscow" soon.

The organisation noted that the prosecutors asked to seize the property and confiscate the building in favour of the state.

Background:

• The Nobel Committee announced on 7 October that the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties, the Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski and the Memorial Society in Russia received the Nobel Peace Prize.

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