Online database of political repression victims launched in Russia

An Internet database of people who fell victim to the Soviet regime has been launched as Russia prepares to mark the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression, the project’s editor Andrei Shalayev told The Moscow Times.

Shalayev was inspired to start the project, titled Immortal Barracks, by a similar initiative earlier this year called Immortal Regiment. The latter was an event in which people marched with photos of their relatives or other loved ones killed in World War II, held to mark the 70th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany.