RUSSIA: Arrest of historian sparks outcry

by E Wayne Ross on November 3, 2009

World University News: RUSSIA: Arrest of historian sparks outcry

The arrest and seizure of research notes of a Russian historian investigating the wartime imprisonment of German troops and Russians of German descent has sparked outrage among academics and human rights activists. Figures from higher education internationally as well as within Russia have condemned what they see as part of a Kremlin-backed move to suppress discussion of the country’s darker historical episodes.