“The Other Russia”: Memorial – from remembrance of the Gulag to resistance to today’s regime. Exhibition
On 10 December, International Human Rights Day, the exhibition “The Other Russia: Memorial” has opened in the Seimas of Lithuania. It presents the history of the organisation awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (2022), which has moved from commemorating victims of Soviet terror to opposing today’s war and repressions. Despite pressure, the “foreign agent” label and its forced liquidation in Russia, Memorial continues to work as an institution of historical memory and civic responsibility. “In Russia, the Soviet regime, its institutions and its practices have never been recognised as criminal.