# 5 Divided DemocracyBalancing act in Russia: Memorial—a little complicated and very successful
Memorial is a well-known, large, somewhat complicated, and very successful organization. Established in 1988 – still during the Soviet era – out of a civil-rights movement, Memorial is today a network, a confederation of more than eighty member organizations, most of them in Russia, but also in Ukraine, Germany, Belarus, and Italy.
Memorial is grounded on three cornerstones: the critical examination of the Soviet Union’s totalitarian past and the crimes of the state against its own population; the fight against human rights violations today; and the social welfare of …read more
Source: Heinrich Boell Foundation
