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Court shuts down Russia’s oldest human rights organization

By Eugene Chudnovsky

Published January 26, 2023 10:56am ET

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Court shuts down Russia’s oldest human rights organization — Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony of the presentation of credentials, in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Friday, June 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov, Pool) | Yuri Kadobnov

On Wednesday, Moscow City Court shut down the oldest human rights organization in Russia, the Moscow Helsinki Group.

It took judge Mikhail Kazakov less than 20 minutes to listen to the arguments before he rendered his decision at the request of the Justice Ministry. The judge’s ridiculous ruling centered on the organization having Moscow in its name while working outside of the Russian capital.

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