Perm Memorial was suspended from organizing a rally in memory of victims of repression

The Perm regional branch of the Memorial society this year will not hold a rally in memory of the victims of repression, which has been held for many years. The regional administration held a competition to host the event, which was won by the Perm Territory NGO Coordination and Resource Center, established in March 2017. about this . writes On October 26 , Kommersant

As explained to OVD-Info by the chairman of the department, Robert Latypov, the financing of this event is included in the expenses of the regional administration under the special program "Power and Society", so the administration has the right to decide how the event will be held. “In principle, the recipient of funds can be another institution, not necessarily our organization. Although this is strange, since we are the only public institution in the region on this topic,” Latypov notes.

In a conversation with Kommersant, Latypov stressed that representatives of Memorial were present at the meeting of the organizing committee of the rally, and they agreed on the scenario for the event. “If all the moments that are important for us are saved, everything is fine. If not, then we will be able to publicly declare that we do not need such a rally. So far, we have no reasons for such statements, ”the publication quotes the words of the head of the Perm Memorial.

In past years, the administration allocated funds to Memorial to hold an event without a competition. After it became known that the funds had been allocated to the Coordinating Resource Center, Memorial filed a notice to hold the rally, meaning to hold it without the administration's funding. However, it turned out that the Coordination Resource Center had already filed a notice to hold the rally as a "mass cultural event." “It coincided that they both received the money and showed up at the site earlier,” Latypov explained in an interview with OVD-Info. “Therefore, I decided that the rally will be held by “them”, we will not boycott it, but our performances will also take place.”