up the story and came to prominence for researching the crimes committed during the regime of joseph stalin. to meet the i've had worked for the renowned russian human rights organization memorial, which documents soviet area era repression. in a separate case, the organization is facing closure for floating russia, so called foreign to foreign agent blows. a verdict is due on tuesday. russians have a saying about the unexpected. it blows like snow on to your head, but for historian arena shabby cova. the possibility that international memorial may be forced to close comes as no surprise. she helped found the n g o decades ago . but in 2016, the russian government found that the organization was a foreign agent. since it received contributions from abroad, it's come under increasing legal pressure ever since i would not. li, clanging to the finding, we are the keepers of the memories that the russian state would most like to forget . since it only wants to remember it's achievements and victories that scattered till this to rain, you had done daily that godaddy. memorial is dedicated to com

it is been painstakingly cataloguing the victims of joseph stalin's repressions.to 20 million soviet citizens are believed to have been sent to the gulags to the prison camps. hundreds of thousands were executed. memoal was set up to keep their memory alive. the founding was a symbol of the soviet union opening up to the crimes of joseph stalin. thshutting down is a symbol also. of how and russia today, the past is being reshaped, rewritten and how civil society is under attack. >> vladimir putin has been using history try to foster patriotism. he focuses on the glories of russia's past like the victory in world war ii. through this annual reading of names of the victims of political repression, memorial has tried to remind russians of their tragic past. now, it is being silenced. >> i've been speaking to a senior lecturer. she explained the significance of memorial. >> we've been seeing ever since vladimir putin returned in 2012, a real steady increase of pressure on human rights organizations, civil society, independent media, any entities that can hold state to

and in the soviet union, russian leader joseph stalin denounced the speech as warmongering and comparedments to adolf hitler. ♪ ♪ >> two world war i historians joined us to farrate the 1920 silent film on the journey of the remains of unknown american world war soldier from france to arlington national cemetery. >> ellison, how did this whole concept of the unknown soldier being honored come about? >> well, it really goes back to the beginning of the machinization of warfare and you get unidentifiable remains. you had a lot in the civil war but people were struggling with the fact that they could not figure out who many of the casualties were so great britain and france in 1920 buried an unknown soldier in each of their countries and gate britain it was in westminster abbey and in france, the u.s. decide today do something similar to that. the idea was started by representative hamilton fisch of new york. >> here the cask et is being carried down to the united states capitol, scene that modern americans will see on our time and make its way to the streets of washington and over to arlin

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pattern of discussion on world affairs for some time to come and in the soviet union russian leader joseph stalin denounced the speech as war mongering and compared his speech to adolf hitler. >> two world war i historians joined to us narrate a 1921 silent film on the journey of the remains of an unknown american world war i soldier from france to arlington national cemetery. >> allison, how did this whole concept of the unknown soldier being honored come about? >> it really goes back to the beginning of the mechanicization of warfare you see expand during world war i. you get a lot more unidentifiable remains. of course you had a lot in the civil war, but people really were struggling with the fact that they could not figure out who many of these casualties were. so great big and france in 1920 buried an unknown soldier in each of their countries. in great big it was in westminster abbey and in france it was under the arc de triomphe. hamilton fish of new york submitted legislation to before an unknown soldier from the u.s. >> here the casket is being carried down the steps of the capitol, a sc

it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union, under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten. when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial love rehabilitating the reputations of nazi collaborators in world war 2 was in a moment of use of the organization denied all allegations and wants to appeal. it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights. as the year draws through closed d w news a looks back at our notable reports of 2021. despite the global rush to reduce global warming by cutting carbon emissions, one huge emitter, the military is totally exempt from that effort. d w's, terry sholtes reports. there's a dirty little secret, almost every country's keeping, except it's not that little. in many cases, a nation's armed forces are its biggest single emitter of greenhouse gases. but how big is secret that's allowed under both the kyoto and parents climate agreements. both deals have exempted military forces based on the argument that adversaries could to do

it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union, under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten. when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputations of nazi collaborators in world war 2. we wasn't a moment. videos of the organization denied all allegations and wants to appeal. it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights. let's bring in puzzle andries. he's a on memorial board of directors and he joins us from 60 far in russia. welcome to d w. now this is just the latest blow by the russian state against memorial. why is that a mere putin's kremlin so determined to have your organisation close down? hello year years and i think i would need to say that it's a long history of oppression against the anymore l as in speech and came to the power. and i think there is 3 main reasons. the 1st one is that there's no lifestyle fledging or put in and he's close friends. he's the former. thank you, officer and all the many people around around

the historian came to prominence for researching the crimes committed during the regime of joseph stalin. dmitri f had worked for the renamed russian human rights organization, memorial, which documents soviet era, repression. in a separate case, the organization is facing closure for floating russia, so called foreign agent laws. a verdict is due on tuesday. russians have a saying about the unexpected. it blows like snow on to your head. but for historian arena shabba cova. the possibility that international memorial may be forced to close comes as no surprise. she helped found the n g o decades ago. but in 2016, the russian government found that the organization was a foreign agent. since it received contributions from abroad, it's come under increasing legal pressure ever since i would not li clanging to it if i mean we are the keepers of the memories that the russian state would most like to forget. since it only wants to remember its achievements and victories that scattered till this to rain, you had done daily that danny memorial is dedicated to coming to terms with what happened

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it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulags prison camp system is not forgotten. vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputations of nazi collaborators in world war ii. the organization denied all allegation at once to appeal -- allegations and wants to appeal. >> as the year draws to a close, you want to take a look at some of the lasting images of 2021. the united states's withdraw from afghanistan was as chaotic as it was sudden as international forces departed, dozens of locals tried to leave. hundreds got onto the runway at kabul airport, desperate to get out. some clung to the body of the aircraft. many fell to their death after the plane took off. the u.s. took some that should they could have the right to leave. others gambled on the humanity of the soldiers. >> he says he understands those shocking scenes of desperate afghan parents passing their children to american soldiers at coble airport. marked for assassination by the islamic state due to his work on national conciliation, he was a

putin came to accentuate the soviet role in defeating the nazis in world war ii and joseph stalin as a modernizer of the country. a memorial has thrown a negative light on things that happened during stalin's rule, went up to 20 million people perished in labor camps and executions. germany, describing the closure of memorial as incomprehensible and a reason for great concern. reporter: a verdict that came as no surprise. with one sentence, memorial's fate was sealed. >> i grant the petition by the attorney general of the russian federation to liquidate the international organization. reporter: brescia's oldest civil rights group has been ordered to closed by the supreme court. the official reason? failing to mark social media posts with its official status as a foreign agent. but unofficially, the ngo has been a thorn in the side of the russian government for years. its mission since its founding by dissidents in 1989 -- to catalog soviet-era crimes. but president vladimir putin accused the group of advocating for terrorist and extremist organizations. while the crt called memorial

tree it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten. when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputations of nazi collaborators in world war 2 was a moment been using. the organization denied all allegations and wants to appeal. it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights at spring and felix light, a journalist in moscow, russia. felix, welcome. tell us more about why the supreme court shut down this human rights group . rebecca, as with so much in russia's sort of legal system, this really is a sort of a story in 2 hobbs. on the one hand, we have the sort of the official justification for this lawsuit. for this shuttering of memorial, which is breaking rush is very controversial, foreign agent, los memorial has been a foreign agent for some years, and it is allegedly refused to market some of its sort of products on its literature as such. but i think allies at memorial stress that this is

it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten. when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputation of nazi collaborators in world war 2 was a moment of use of the organization denied all allegations and wants to appeal. it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights. well, for more on this, let's bring in. tatiana close cover. she's a lawyer for memorial international enjoy. the joins is now from moscow. welcome to d. w. tatyana. you were one of the lawyers representing memorial during the proceedings. why is the russian state so determined to have your organisation close down while the domain of the russian civil society has the space of the russian civil society has been shrinking for a decayed by now and but the yield 2021 has become the worst, yeah, and the situations has rated dramatically if someone has, while in the sleep a year ago and worked nap today, they would not recognize t

it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten. when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputations of nazi collaborators in world war 2. we was a moment of in use of the organization denied all allegations and wants to appeal. it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights. so why is vladimir putin kremlin so determined to have memorial closed down? the w put that question earlier to puzzle of underway of, from the organizations board of directors. hello dear yours and i think i need to say that it's so long history of repression against new moral as in speech and came to the power. and i think there is 3 main reasons. the 1st one is that lead, there's no lifestyle legend or prison and he's close friends. he's the former. thank you, officer and all the many people around around him and who has now the biggest power in russia. they are former gauge, the officers and for damage, and the m

it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten. when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputations of nazi collaborators in world war 2. we was a moment, views of the organization, denied all allegations and wants to appeal it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights. south african photographers, donnelly ma holly is known for betraying sexual freedom and black, queer culture. and museum here in berlin has dedicated an exhibition to the artists and activists. it's an insight into south africa, l g, b, t, q, community, and reflection on apartheid. proud, powerful. sometimes vulnerable, we're even royal. these are some of the faces of xin alamo, wholly whose work also confronts trauma. for almost 20 years, molly's been documenting south africa, l g b t q. community discrimination against sexual minorities has been illegal in south africa since 1996. but in day to day life, gays lesbian

it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten. when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputations of nazi collaborators in world war 2 was a moment. views of the organization denied all allegations and wants to appeal it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights. and now, as the year draws to a close, we want to take a look at some of the lasting images of 2021. the united states is withdrawal from afghanistan was as chaotic as it was. sudden, as international forces departed to thousands of locals tried to leave 2 hundreds got onto the runway at capital airport. desperate to get out. such was their desperation. that is one u. s. military plane taxied down the runway some clung to the body of the aircraft . many fell to their death after the plane took off. the u. s. did take some who could show they had the right to leave. others gambled on the humanity of the soldiers at the airpor

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joseph stalin took over for almost 3 decades, which contributed to its status as a world power. by the time mikhail gorbachev became communist party leader in 1985, the economy was weak and led to industrial strikes and military tanks, taking over red square to challenge his role. a crew was attempted, but president boris yeltsin, let a successful campaign against it. in 1991. gorbachev resigned and the red flag was lowered over the kremlin as the russian flag was raised. samuel romani is a tutor and specialist on russian foreign policy. the university of oxford, he says, mikhail gorbachev reforms were the most far reaching and many have been reversed. since putin overshoot legacy initially all to the jet transition towards an attempted democracy, the transition towards a free market privatization, the easing of cold war tensions was followed by an improvement of us russia relations intermittently over the next 15 years. but now under vladimir hooton's leadership, we've seen the exact reverse luciana, torturing consolidation. we've seen di, status companies taking over private e

joseph stalin took over for almost 3 decades that contributed to its status as a will power. but by the time mikaela gorbachev's became communist party. later in 1985, the economy was wake. it led to industrial strikes and military tanks, taking over a red square to challenge his rule. a current was attempted by president boris yeltsin led a successful campaign against it. in 1991, colbert chang resigned, and the red flag was lowered over the kremlin. as the russian flag was raised to bring us some analysis on me, let's bring in samuel romani, who's a shooter and specialist on the russian foreign policy at oxford university. he joined us via skype. hello there, samuel, thanks for being on this news our. what do you go? whichever resignation, symbolize all those decades ago? some historians, this is a true pat question. some historians believe it could have actually held on teens position and safety u. s. s. to agree? well, i think that by the time 991 and rolled around the soviet union's position as basely untenable the majority of soviet republics at arctic regions seed. the

it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union, under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten. when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial love rehabilitating the reputations of nazi collaborators in world war 2 was a moment when using the organization denied all allegations and wants to appeal. it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights. and now as the year draws to a close, the want to take a look at some of the lasting images of 2021. the united states withdrawal from afghanistan was as chaotic as it was, sudden as international forces departed, thousands of locals trying to leave as well. hundreds got on to the runway at cobble airport. desperate to get out. such was their desperation that as one u. s. military, blaine taxi down the runway, some column to the body of the aircraft. many fell to their death after the plane took off. the ways did take some who could show that they had the right to leave. others gambled on the humanity of soldiers at the

joseph stalin took over for almost 3 decades which contributed to its status as a world power. but by the time mikhail gorbachev, it became communist party. later and 985 economy was weak. it led to industrial strikes and military tanks, taking over a red square to chelan, she's room a crew was attempted, but president boris yeltsin led a successful campaign against it in $991.00 go. but you have resigned and the red flag was lowered over the kremlin as the russian flag was raised. samuel romani is a cheater and specialist on russian foreign policy at university of oxford. he says gorbachev's reforms were the most fine reaching and many have been reversed since persian overtures legacy initially all through the jet transition towards an attempted democracy. the transition doors of free market privatization, the easing of cold war tensions was followed by an improvement of us russia relations intermittently over the next 15 years. but now under vladimir hooton's leadership, we've seen these act reverse. we've seen authoritarian consolidation. we've seen, di, stayed on companies

joseph stalin took over for almost 3 decades that contributed to its status as a world power. but by the time mikhail and colbert chairs became coming to the party later in 1985 economy was weak. it led to industrial strikes and military tanks, taking over red square to challenge his rule. a crew was attempted by president boris yeltsin, led a successful campaign against it. in 1991 go, whichever resigned, and the red flag was lowered over the kremlin as the russian flag was raised. for more analysis on the storyline springing, dimitri babich, who is a political analyst for the russian state and news media company, he joins us from moscow. thanks for being on this and use our to make tree. first of all, what did gorbachev's resignation symbolize? 3 decades ago. well, you know, i was already a journalist, they will know very young one at the time. and i remember that people did not graph at the moment, maybe during the 1st 3 or 4 months that was already there. and on the soviet union, people thought that some of the country would emerge. you know, community jo, independence, th

musk taking a jab at the new twitter ceo, tweeting an image depicting him as former soviet leader joseph stalincture of stalin, the top shot showed the original picture, the bottom shot was once the guy had been taken out and shot they disappeared him from the picture. petite of medicine suggesting he might not be as good as jack dorsey was in not censoring things. >> is that what it means? i think if i'm elon musk, money does not buy class. i know he's the world's richest man but this is tremendously inappropriate to compare changeover in ceos a twitter to joseph stalin, the soviet dictator, the great purge, 1 million people killed, sorry but nothing compares to the soviet death camp, nothing compares to the holocaust. this is just ignorant. dave: it got people's attention. i saw how many retweets it had, hundreds of thousands, it did get people's attention, so often this guy can get under your skin but he gets the attention. >> he gets under your skin and it is a cultish following for elon musk so people live on the edge everything he says, tweeting and responding and liking it and it is not

the gap america's military strength to the nato was conferred on all who sat in the shadow of joseph stalinpresented a real threat, not just to the physical security of europe but to the values that were emerging on the right side of history divide. they would not remember then that it was the president ronald reagan that said those military forces had to be rebuilt because they were not just america's, they were the forces of the free world, the shield of freedom. they would not remember the look of danger at the time. they would not remember that we had tried to control nuclear arsenals through arms-control treaty, they accepted as fact. the soviet and american forces would be somehow equal. they would build, we would build, they would build and we would build and we would find strategic stability and the idea no ronald reagan said this time there will be a class of nuclear weapons eliminated. i will not eliminate mine unless you eliminate yours and in 1987 that would do precisely that and i remember peter that people who were a part of the negotiations said to the great paul mitchell tha

it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten . when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputations of nazi collaborators in world war 2 was a moment. views of the organization denied all allegations and wants to appeal. it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights. and now as the year draws to a close, we want to take a look at some of the lasting images of 2021. the united states is withdrawal from afghanistan was as chaotic as it was, sudden, as international forces departed, thousands of locals tried to leave 2 hundreds got on to the runway at capital airport. desperate to get out. such was their desperation. that is one u. s. military plane taxied down the runway some clung to the body of the aircraft, and many fell to their death after the plane took off. the u. s. didn't did take some who could show they had the right to leave. others gambled on the yeah, humanity of the soldie

it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten. when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputations of nazi collaborators in world war 2 was a moment of in use of the organization denied all allegations and wants to appeal. it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights. so why is, why don't we put in kremlin so determined to have more close down? did you put that question earlier to puzzle and degree of from the organizations board of directors? and i think i would need to say that it's a long history of oppression against me more l as in sports and came to the power. and i think there is 3 main reasons. the 1st one is that there's no lifestyle legend or put in and he's close friends. he's the former keegan officer and all the many people around around him and who has now the biggest power international day, a former occasion officers and for the family. and the moral always was the ene

it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten . when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputation of nazi collaborators in world war 2 was a moment. views of the organization denied all allegations and wants to appeal. it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights. it's bring in felix light, a journalist in moscow, russia. felix, welcome. tell us more about why the supreme court shut down this human rights group . rebecca, as with so much in russia's sort of legal system, this really is a sort of a story in 2 hobbs. on the one hand, we have the sort of the official justification for this lawsuit. for this shuttering of memorial, which is breaking rush is very controversial, foreign agent lose memorial has been a foreign agent for some years, and it is allegedly refused to market some of its sort of products on its literature as such. but i think allies at memorial stress that this is

it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten. when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputations of nazi collaborators in world war 2 was a moment of using. the organization denied all allegations and wants to appeal. it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights. while for more on this, let's bring in. tatiana close cover. she's a lawyer for memorial. international enjoys as joins is now from moscow at welcome to d. w. tatyana. you were one of the lawyers representing memorial during the proceedings . why is the russian state so determined to have your organisation close down? hello. while the domain of the russian civil society has the space of the russian civil society has been shrinking for a d k by now and but the yield 2021 has become the worst year. and the situations has rated dramatically if someone's house while in the sleep of a year ago and looking up today, they would no

it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten. when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputations of nazi collaborators in world war 2 was a moment of issues with the organization denied all allegations and wants to appeal . it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights. south african photographers, donnelly, ma holly is known for portraying sexual freedom and black queer culture. and the museum here in berlin has dedicated an exhibition to the artists and activists. it's an insight into south africa's l g b t q, community and reflection on apartheid proud, powerful, sometimes vulnerable, or even royal. these are some of the faces of xin alamo, wholly whose work also confronts trauma. for almost 20 years, molly's been documenting south africa's l g b t q. community of discrimination against sexual minorities has been illegal in south africa since 1996. but in day to day life, gays les

it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union, under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten. when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputations of nazi collaborators in world war 2 was a moment of using. the organization denied all allegations and wants to appeal. it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights. so why is vladimir putin his kremlin? so determined to have memorial close down the w, put that question earlier to pavlov underlay of, from the organizations board of directors. hello dear yours and i think i need to say that it's so long history of repression against new moral as in speech and came to the power. and i think there is 3 main reasons. the 1st one is that there's no lifestyle legend or prison and he's close friends. he's the former keegan officer and all the many people around around him and who has now the biggest power in russia. they a former occasion officers and for damage. and the moral always was the e

the heroic image of joseph stalin found in archives films of the '30s and '40s belies the fact that he was responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people in slave labor camps as a result of artificial famines and executed under any number of purges. after stalin's death in 1953, the communist party under khrushchev began gradually discrediting the dictator's record. he encouraged the formation of memorial. but the organization created today may go far beyond the setting up of mere memorials to the victims of stalin's brutality where once statues stood in his honor. a poyet said, if we can't save the past, soviets can at least save the present and the future. dissident andre sakharov said memorial should denounce not only stalin but all terrorists and illegal methods of leadership. that sort of talk alarms many party hardliners who fear it couldli be a political movement and a threat to the communist party. >> so at first glance, it might not seem obvious why a history project, an organization that is dedicated to documenting the soviet union's past, would be so radical or why

it has chronicled purges under former soviet leader joseph stalin, and now campaigns for the rights ofcharges against it are politically motivated. translation: we had no illusions. _ i think that our colleagues also had no illusions- after yesterday's decision by the supreme court. i today's decision i is quite expected. it has nothing to do| with foreign agents. this law was passed to be used in exactly this way, _ to liquidate organisations that the government - considers undesirable for political reasons. i a recap of our top stories... record numbers of covid infections are recorded in both france and the united states, as the omicron variant continues to spread. pharmacists in the uk are warning of patchy supplies of rapid covid tests. demand hasjumped recently, because people are being advised to test themselves before going to events or to see family and friends, and also because of changes allowing those with covid in england to end isolation after seven days — if they test negative. the government says more kits are being made available. meanwhile a record number of daily cas

supreme court, the prosecutor for the state said, can you imagine they're trying to tar and feather joseph stalinike what we were talking about before. they're trying to rewrite history in their own interests and it is very scary and dangerous. >> your reaction? >> why should we care, if for no other reason than if you want to see the page from the putin play book that trump pulled out and tried to replicate and would continue to do so if left unchecked. look what putin is doing to his dissidents right now. yes, this is most significant human rights organization in russia. they hold the files that make history in russia. he's trying to reshape and rewrite that. and dissidents are being poisoned. opponents are falling out of windows, not so mysteriously in russia. like acorns falling off trees. if you want to see this go unchecked and what authoritarianism looks like in russia, look at this right now. >> it is so shocking that tucker carlson is so admiring that they play him on russian tv so frequently. it bends the mind. thank you. so for spending time with us today. a quick break for us. we'll b

he tweeted a meme mocking the new twitter ceo and he's depicting him as joseph stalin and former ceoin associate who was assassinated. this is a serious tweet. it follows backlash against the ceo, the new ceo, mr. agewal and not being bound by the first amendment blow, your take. >> i don't know -- does elon musk ever focus on work? seems like he's the draw that stirs the drink all of the time in the tech world. jack dorsey spent too much time corunning square and twitter. his departure from twitter was long overdue and they faced a a lot of criticism on how they are censoring content, who are they censoring and what matters, look, welcome to big tech, regulation is coming and this is the first time i ever agreed with elon musk and think he's right on point here to kind send message directly to the new ceo of twitter. hey, you better be paying attention to your platform and what's on it because otherwise you will be made a mock up in the market by him and other people. maria: well, they certainly do censor and have their political narratives which has become problematic. lou, good to

it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten. when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputations of nazi collaborators in world war 2. was your name one more views of the organization, denied all allegations and wants to appeal it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights at spring and felix light, a journalist in moscow, russia. felix, welcome. tell us more about why the supreme court shut down this human rights group . but rebecca, as with so much in russia's sort of legal system, this really is a sort of a story in 2 hobbs. on the one hand, we have the sort of the official justification for this lawsuit, for the shattering of memorial, which is breaking russia very controversial foreign agent. those memorial has been a foreign age of.