Andrei Shalayev, the founder of the Bessmertny Barak (Immortal Barrack) project documenting victims of political repression, has fled Russia fearing for his safety. Shalayev told the Govorit NeMoskva Telegram channel on November 9 that police in the city of Tver held him for two days after he showed French journalists execution sites near the city in October. After he returned to Moscow he said he was followed by people he didn't know and therefore decided to leave Russia with the project’s' archives for an unspecified country. According to Shalayev, all his colleagues are now abroad and are continuing to develop the project. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Founder Of Project Documenting Victims Of Political Repression Flees Russia
Bessmertny Barak founder Andrei Shalayev (file photo)