staying with russia, and a court there has ordered the shutdown of the memorial human rights centre, which is part of the broader memorial rights group that russia s supreme court also shut down this week. both organisations campaign and chronicle rights abuses in russia. state prosecutors have accused them of breaking a law requiring groups to register as foreign agents. chanting. people have since been gathering in protest outside the court, shouting shame . this year has seen unprecented crackdowns of dissent in russia. founded in 1989, memorial is russia s most prominent rights organisation, and became a symbol of russia opening up to the world. it has chronicled purges under former soviet leader joseph stalin, and now campaigns for the rights of political prisoners and other marginalised groups. memorial says the charges against it are politically motivated. translation: we had no illusions. i think that our colleagues also had no illusions- after yesterday s decision