A Russian State Duma deputy has asked prosecutors to investigate the respected human rights organization Memorial because it published an online database containing information about agents of dictator Josef Stalin’s secret police.
RFE/RL: Russian lawmaker seeks criminal probe Of database of Stalin’s secret police
Josef Stalin, one of the 20th century's most prolific mass murderers, ruthlessly ruled the former Soviet Union from the 1920s until his death in 1953. (Courtesy)
