The Prosecutor General’s Office plans to review decisions on the rehabilitation of victims of repression
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia plans to review decisions on the rehabilitation of victims of Soviet political repression. The department has prepared a draft order, which is published on the official portal of legal acts.
The Prosecutor General’s Office proposes to prohibit the “rehabilitation and acquittal of persons guilty of grave and particularly grave crimes, war criminals, and crimes against peace and humanity.” Documents on the cancellation of the decision on rehabilitation will be submitted to the state authorities. This is explained by the intention “to prevent the acquittal of accomplices of the Nazis and traitors to the Motherland.”
Human rights activists note that the law on the rehabilitation of victims of political repressions from 1991 already prohibited the rehabilitation of those convicted of crimes specified by the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Petersburg MP Borys Vyshnevsky suggests that some cases may be reconsidered for political reasons. “Cancellation of decisions on rehabilitation may affect not so much those who were actually rehabilitated illegally, but those who must be declared guilty again, based on today’s situation. Including persons with Ukrainian, Baltic and other “hostile” surnames.” – he said.
- During the years of the rule of Joseph Stalin and other leaders of the USSR, millions of people became victims of political repression. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, many repressed people were rehabilitated. In recent years, memorial signs and plaques dedicated to the victims of repression began to be removed in a number of Russian cities.
