Moscow Tries to Close One of Russia's Oldest Human Rights Groups

Russia's government is trying to shut the Moscow Helsinki Group, one of the country's oldest human rights organizations, according to a notice on a Moscow court website seen on Tuesday.

The group, which traces its roots to the Soviet era, produces an annual report on Russia's human rights situation.

Valery Borshov, co-chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group, said authorities had put forward a 'nonsense' allegati