According to RIA Novosti, the action will last from 10:00 to 22:00 at the Solovetsky Stone on Lubyanka Square, where for 12 hours the participants, changing each other, will read out the names, surnames, age, profession and date of the shooting of people during the Soviet years terror, in Moscow alone over this period more than 40 thousand people were shot.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Tatyana Moskalkova said that she would take part in the campaign “Return of Names”.
Memorial Day for victims of political repression is celebrated in Russia on October 30.
In October 2018, it was reported that the State Archive of Russia was asked to open all materials on repressed citizens, including data on their graves.