Oleg Orlov working so that 'the totalitarian past is not repeated'
556 views · Published 17 December 2009 · 9:00 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: European Parliament · 2009 · News & Politics
One of the winners of the Sakharov Prize 2009, Oleg Orlov talks to us from the offices in Russia where he battles everyday for the respect of human rights. Though Memorial was originally established to document past human rights abuses in the hope that remembering the past would avoid future abuses. Orlov explains the situation in Russia is as tough as ever before.
