“Behind bars, we are shielded from foreign influence”. Memorial’s Oleg Orlov speaks in court about his “foreign agent” status
Photo: Alexandra Astakhova / Mediazona Zamoskvoretsky district court in Moscow upheld the decision to recognise Oleg Orlov, co-chairman of Memorial, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organisation, as a “foreign agent.” Orlov participated in the hearing via video link from the Syzran pre-trial detention centre—in February, the 71-year-old activist was sentenced to 2.5 years in a penal colony for an anti-war article titled “They wanted fascism.