MOSCOW, May 19 (Reuters) – The Russian parliament’s lower chamber adopted on Tuesday a law barring foreign and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the country if they are deemed to pose a threat to Russia’s constitutional order, defense or security.
The law further increases pressure on NGOs after Russia enforced new rules in 2012 obliging groups that receive any funding from abroad to register as “foreign agents,” a move decried by Kremlin critics as an attempt to muzzle dissent.
The new law allows for a ban on the operations in Russia of any NGO declared “undesirable” by the prosecutor-general and introduces financial …read more
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