A Moscow court on Friday ordered the confiscation of the offices in the Russian capital of the Russian NGO Memorial, banned in Russia, hours after the NGO won the Nobel Peace Prize together with a Belarusian activist and a Ukrainian NGO, AFP and Agerpres reported.

The main locations of the Memorial in Russia “were turned into state property,” the Tver court informed the Interfax news agency following the results of the trial against the NGO.

The offices of “Memorial” in the center of Moscow housed mainly the administrative services of the organization and at the same time exhibitions were open to the public.

A representative of the Tver court stated that “Memorial” “noted its involvement in the rehabilitation of Nazi criminals, discredited the authorities and created a false image of the USSR,” reports RIA Novosti.

Banned in Russia since December 2021, “Memorial” is a landmark in the struggle for freedom and memory of political repressions in the country and on the territory of the former USSR.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday that Belarusian activist Ales Beliatskyi, the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties have won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to document human rights abuses.

This Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to organizations that have investigated human rights abuses, comes as Ukraine grapples with a Russian invasion that has sparked accusations of numerous war crimes.