Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that Tsar Nicholas II should be recognised as a victim of Soviet repression, a symbolic victory for monarchists.
Many believe the legal move will help draw a line under Russia's blood-stained past. The last Tsar, his wife and five children were killed by a Bolshevik revolutionary firing squad in 1918, but unlike many of the tens of millions of others who suffered Soviet persecution, they have never been officially recognised as victims.
Sonia Legg reports.
