31 October 2001
Brest residents pay tribute to victims of Stalinist oppression

 he Trishinskoye cemetery in Brest had an unusually large number of visitors on October 30, most of whom came to pay tribute to victims of Stalinist purges near a monument to oppression victims. October 30 is
observed in post-Soviet countries as Remembrance Day for Victims of Political Oppression.
Daniil Nikitchik, chairman of the Brest Regional Association of Political Oppression Victims which has about 200 members, said that the authorities attitude to the victims has been changing for the worse lately. In particular, the central government suspended indefinitely benefits to Stalinist oppression victims, who also do not receive any support from the local government. Survivors of Stalinist horror still recall that four years ago, the city authorities distributed at their own
discretion German humanitarian aid, which had been consigned to the Association of Political Oppression Victims.