The founder of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Yuri Orlov, has died
On September 27, the founder and first chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Yuri Orlov, died; he was 96 years old. This was reported on the website of the human rights organization. The causes of death are not stated. Yuri Orlov is a physicist and human rights activist, a professor at Cornell University, and a participant in the dissident movement. In 1976, he founded the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), which monitored the USSR's compliance with international human rights obligations.