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The black list
Jul. 30th, 2014 04:31 pmNew repressive action: 5 more NGOs declared to be “foreign agents”; one required to pay tax
Well, seems like the process of suppressing "foreign elements" is going in full force in Russia these days. NGOs like Memorial and Agora, as well as some environmentalists from the Kaliningrad exclave, were declared traitors to the Motherland. A couple of months ago, another 5 NGOs from Saratov to Kostroma to Moscow were also included in the "black list", including the Golos association (name means "voice"), whose function is to supervise elections.
There's been a systematic suppression of NGOs in Russia...
Well, seems like the process of suppressing "foreign elements" is going in full force in Russia these days. NGOs like Memorial and Agora, as well as some environmentalists from the Kaliningrad exclave, were declared traitors to the Motherland. A couple of months ago, another 5 NGOs from Saratov to Kostroma to Moscow were also included in the "black list", including the Golos association (name means "voice"), whose function is to supervise elections.
There's been a systematic suppression of NGOs in Russia...
