26 Mar 2013 14:12

Prosecutors start audit of Memorial anti-discrimination center in St. Petersburg

ST. PETERSBURG. March 26 (Interfax) - Prosecutors are conducting an audit on Tuesday in the Memorial anti-discrimination center in St. Petesrburg.

"The audit is continuing. We are writing an explanatory letter. The procedures are being conducted in a calm and matter of fact manner. There is something connected with extremism behind the audit," Memorial Director Olga Abramenko told Interfax.

Meanwhile, the rights center Memorial, to which the anti-discrimination center is a partner, told Interfax that prosecutors launched audits in the city on February 18. "No one has visited us, so far. Waiting