MEMORIAL / LIQUIDATION

The film chronicles the liquidation of Memorial, Russia’s oldest human rights organization, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022. Its central figure, Memorial co-founder Oleg Orlov, is imprisoned for his anti-war pickets and for publishing an article about fascism in Russia, while refusing to renounce his convictions.

Through the links between historical memory and the present, and through the lives of Memorial’s members, the film tells the story of Russian civil society and the emergence of fascism during Russia’s war against Ukraine.