The Russian Ministry of Justice elaborated a mechanism of discontinuing activities of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), which have been financed by US donors or 'poses a danger to the interests' of the Russian Federation. Amendments are supposed to be made to the law, which had been approved as early as 2012 - as a response to the "Magnitsky Act". The latter foresaw a norm of discontinuing the work of such NGOs. However, the norm has not been applied to any organisation so far. Experts consider that the NGO legislation in Russia is severe enough already, though it 'does not have mechanisms, which could have quickly discontinued NGO activities.'
Activities of Undesirable NGOs in Russia Might Be Suspended
06.08.2018
Investigations into Operation Storm Crimes Not Completed 23 Years Later
// 03.08.2018
Vesna Teršelič, Head of Documenta, the Centre for Dealing with the Past, and Drago Pilsel, journalist and former Croatian Helsinki Committee activist, warned on 3 August 2018 that even after 23 ...
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The Seminar "How to Submit an Interesting Project to the Presidential Grants Competition and Get Funds for Its Implementation" Took Place in Penza
// 03.08.2018
The seminar was devoted to the Competition of the Presidential Grants Foundation, which had started on 16 July 2018. The expert of the seminar Oleg Sharipkov, Executive Director of the Penza Fund ...
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BELLONA Announces an Ecological Competition for Students and Pupils
// 02.08.2018
BELLONA announces the 6th International Competition of Students' and Pupils' Projects "B3 – BELLONA BARENTS BALTIC". Pupils, students and attendants of other educational institutions are ...
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“Europe Lab“ 2018: The Dizziness of Freedom
// 31.07.2018
On 28-31 July 2018, the Annual Forum “Europe Lab” gathered a group of 70 young professionals and volunteers from Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, the ...
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#TrumpPutin in Helsinki
// 30.07.2018
Upon request of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum, Laura Lodenius, Director at the Peace Union of Finland, reflects on the major issues and consequences of the Trump-Putin Summit on 16 July 2018 in ...
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