unfortunately andre sakharov died in december 1989 just before the soviet union dissolved. but one of his last and greatest legacies by far was an organization that he founded khn shortly before his death. in fact it was called memorial. and its goal was to reckon fully and publicly with the truth of the soviet union's brutal past e so that russia would not repeatt it going forward. >> delegates have come from more than a hundred cities across the soviet union for this founding convention of memorial, an organization created to expose i the brutal repression and bloodshed of the stalin era. 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 m

unfortunately, andei sakharov, died in 1989 just before the soviet union dissolved.but one of his last and greatest legacies by far was an organization that you founded shortly before his death. in fact, it was called memorial. and its goal was to reckon fully with the truth of the soviet union's brutal past so that russia would not repeated going forward. >> delegates have come from more than 100 cities across the soviet union for this founding convention of memorial. an organization created to expose the brutal repression and bloodshed of the stalin era. the heroic image found in archive films of the 30s and 40s lies the fact that he was responsible for the death of tens of millions of people. as a result of artificial famines, executions -- after andei sakharov, death the common party began gradually discrediting the dictators. >> last [interpreter] summer speaking before the party congress and on national television, they called for a monument to [inaudible] victims. but the organization created today may go far beyond setting up near memorials of stalin's brutal

brent: the european parliament has awarded its highest honor, the sakharov prize for freedom of thought jailed russian opposition activist alexei navalny. russian president vladimir putin's highest profile critic. he has been behind bars, as you see here, since january. his daughter collected the award today on his behalf. reporter: the daughter of alexei navalny, russian president vladimir putin's biggest critic, as representatives of the european parliament honored her father with a standing ovation anthe sakhar prize. valny is the lest recipient of the award, honoring freedom of thought, awarded to protectors of human rights. his daughter addressed the european parliament as she accepted the award on behalf of her jailed father, being more needs to be done to defend those rights. she also brought a message to her father. >> when i wrote to my dad and asked what exactly do you want me to say an speech from your point? he answered -- say that no one can dare to equate russia to putin's regime. russia is a part of europe, and we strive to become a part of it. we also -- [applause] but w

organisation was founded in 1989 by soviet dissidents including nobel peace prize laureate andrei sakharovn, as our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg explained. you mentioned the foreign agents law, there. this is draconian legislation which the russian authorities have been using more and more to put pressure on ngos, rights groups and journalists who fall foul of the government. so, prosecutors have claimed that international memorial had violated the foreign agents law by not correctly marking some of their materials, foreign agents. and that was the reason for this case going ahead. but this is more to do with... this is more about, i think, about the past and what president putin and the kremlin think of the past. international memorial, for 30 years, has shone a light on one of the darkest chapters of russia's history in the 20th—century, stalin's crimes against the people, the great terror ofjosef stalin. and for 30 years they've been cataloguing the victims of the terror and the perpetrators of the terror. modern russia isn't interested in the dark chapters of the country's hist

steve sakharov and jim foley were both beheaded by isis. in the very beginning for some reason i slipped through the cracks in the regime was giving me jesus. i went and, of course, i was followed and targeted by the secret police, but i managed to do some traveling around and i got to this extraordinary place because it was really like an oasis of peace in the middle of a war beginning to break out and doing it in those early days that is going to be a horrible war. i met these nuns, and they were so peaceful, so gentle but such vehement supporters of assad. literally they were chanting the same thing that the guys who were destroying entire sections were chanting, , like with our blood, assad. they were really fierce assad supporters. i thought as always when you're a journalist or a documentarian, i wondered if they were afraid and that's why they were saying this to me. but i genuinely believed after seeing them and spending time them that they did support assad. so the thing about melula is that it didn't change hands so when times get