Russian officials are reportedly destroying the records of gulag prisoners under a secret order passed in 2014, Russian media have reported. An estimated 3-12 million victims of Soviet repression were imprisoned in the gulag network of prisons and forced labor camps in the former Soviet Union. Registration records kept by the Museum of the History of the Gulag, now threatened with destruction, include the permanent records of those killed, as well as archival files detailing those who survived the gulag and when they were released. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2kZOeGT&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=dULfGOwS04-AiIYmtluYK4q0RPYGJIJYR2BA6kR_2So&s=n78utvZ0f8FCjIzGCxkBpJTIyPhfGCBNHArfatCS3BM&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2kZOeGT-2B&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=dULfGOwS04-AiIYmtluYK4q0RPYGJIJYR2BA6kR_2So&s=OO5KEbw8QiyeR8C89f6Do1Q_AbdO_Ehlx0iMfoxjI5I&e= Executing a secret government order from 2014, the Russian authorities have reportedly started destroying archival records documenting the imprisonment of people during the Soviet era, according to a letter from Roman Romanov, the director of the Gulag History Museum, addressed to Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Fedotov, the head of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2JIRnsA&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=dULfGOwS04-AiIYmtluYK4q0RPYGJIJYR2BA6kR_2So&s=41eexHPHbNheM9buK3eptrS2GbtpxGtAW9Hm9dP7jxE&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2JIRnsA-2B&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=dULfGOwS04-AiIYmtluYK4q0RPYGJIJYR2BA6kR_2So&s=AEMuYC8cTgIug0OrcwIQRqAHAuSpPyfwwoRxDITWauo&e= -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__emailcharter.org&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=dULfGOwS04-AiIYmtluYK4q0RPYGJIJYR2BA6kR_2So&s=3e3MCTzJo4Hz82ZxNHsr4dDIEJLoezsdKkEfr5WnG50&e= “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]