Moscow residents, including well-known dissidents, take part in the 'Returning of the Names' ceremony - an annual commemoration of Soviet-era repressions.
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00:00 Today, Russia marks the day of remembrance of victims of political repressions.
00:07 Russian citizens commemorated the victims of Stalinist terror on Sunday, more than 20
00:12 months into Moscow's Ukraine offences that has been accompanied at home by a major crackdown
00:17 on dissent.
00:18 "It is very important because during these actions, in recent years, people have been
00:24 talking not only about the past, they read the names of Stalin's prisoners and very
00:30 often talked about the current political prisoners.
00:33 This is also unacceptable for the government."
00:36 "The state in general does practically nothing.
00:39 We see how today the Moscow authorities treat this memorial ceremony, as if terrorists
00:48 are planned to gather here."
00:53 On Sunday, the returning of the name ceremony, in which names of victims of political terror
00:58 were read aloud, attracted close police attention and dozens of participants, including foreign
01:04 diplomats and members of NGOs.
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