Russian court orders prominent human rights group to shut :

MOSCOW -- Russia's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the nation's most prominent human rights organization must close, signaling President Vladimir Putin's long-standing determination to control the narrative of some of the most painful and repressive chapters of Russian history.

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