Anouar El Anouni, spokesman for the European External Action Service (EEAS), said on Friday 10 April that the Russian Supreme Court’s decision the previous day to recognise Memorial as an extremist organisation was “a politically motivated blow to civil society in Russia”.
“This organisation remains a bastion of historical memory and human rights protection”, he added.
On Thursday, before the Russian court’s decision was known, the MEPs - Ville Niinisto (Greens/EFA, Finnish),...