Russian police searched several apartments belonging to former employees of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning group Memorial on Tuesday.The human rights group said some of the former employees were also apprehended for questioning.One opposition party condemned the move as an assault on dissent.Memorial, one of Russia's most renowned rights groups, was founded in 1987 to document cases of political repression in the Soviet Union.
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