Unwanted foreign organizations in Russia

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Foreign and international non-governmental organizations in Russia can be declared as undesirable foreign organizations . As of August 2016, seven US organizations had been registered with the Russian Justice Department .

history

On May 23, 2015, the State Duma of the Russian Federation passed a law on foreign non-governmental organizations that can be declared undesirable. According to this, they are forbidden from any political activity in Russia, Russian organizations are not allowed to have any relations with them or accept any financial support. Contacts are also put under threat of punishment.

On May 25, a member of the LDPR presented an initial list of foreign organizations that should be declared undesirable. These included the Russian organizations of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, as well as the Russian human rights organization Memorial International .

On July 7th, the Prosecutor General's Office issued a list of 12 foreign organizations that had requested registration as an "undesirable organization". These were seven American organizations such as the Open Society Foundation of George Soros and the National Endowment for Democracy think tank , as well as two Polish and three Ukrainian non-governmental organizations, one of them active in Crimea .

Registered organizations

So far, the following organizations have been registered with the Russian Ministry of Justice as “foreign and international organizations whose activities are considered undesirable”

  • National Endowment for Democracy , USA, July 29, 2015
  • Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation , USA, December 1, 2015
  • Open Society Foundation , USA, December 1, 2015
  • US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law, USA, December 7, 2015
  • National Democratic Institute for International Affaires, USA, March 17, 2016
  • Media Development Investment Fund, USA, August 22, 2016
  • International Republican Institute, USA, August 22, 2016
  • Open Russia, United Kingdom, April 2017
  • Institute of Modern Russia, USA, April 2017
  • The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, June 2017

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The General Prosecutor's Office of Russia has added to the list of undesirable organizations. September 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ Putin enacts law on “undesirable” organizations. Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ Russia continues to gag civil society. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , July 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ Directory of foreign and international non-governmental organizations whose activity is considered undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation (Russian)
  5. ↑ Russia classifies the first foreign organization as "undesirable". Sputnik News , July 28, 2015.