Factbox-Memorial: Moscow shuts down chronicler of Soviet-era crimes

Supporters of the human rights group International Memorial and journalists gather outside a court building during a hearing of the Russian Supreme Court to consider the closure of International Memorial in Moscow, Russia December 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Supreme Court ordered the country's best-known human rights group on Tuesday to be liquidated for breaking a law requiring groups to register as foreign agents, capping a year of crackdowns on Kremlin critics unseen since the Soviet days.

Here are some facts about the group Memorial: