grandfathers and great uncles the stories of their families persecuted by stalin between 19361938 i suppose enemies of the regime. my grandfather was arrested and tortured says this woman they knocked his teeth out. flooded may have been the cause ski he was 76 years old rest in peace. one and a half 1000000 soviet citizens were arrested you know only 2 years half of them were killed the ceremony is part of a national event which was instigated by the human rights organization memore ial 12 years ago. they would know that with police 3 years ago we were accused of being foreign agents but we kept on anyway because a lot of people depend on us that s the most important. literally clash or has repeatedly asked the authorities in black of ashamed for help in dealing with the
a national event which was instigated by the human rights organization memore ial 12 years ago. i m happy that s a lot of people have come here especially young russians to remember the terror of the soviet regime we should never forget our terrible history look at that and when he does there s a bill let s see. many see the fact that the commemoration is taking place in front of the headquarters of the russian secret service the f.s.b. a symbolic. critics of russian president vladimir putin a former head of the f.s.b. fear a return to a more all socratic government a more and more people who commemorate the crimes of the past face intimidation they would know that the police 3 years ago we were accused of being foreign agents but we kept on anyway because a lot of people depend on us that s the most important. literally clash or has repeatedly asked the authorities