Russia: “Foreign Agents” Law Hits Hundreds of NGOs: Updated Novmeber 20, 2013

Email In early March 2013 the Russian government launched an unprecedented, nationwide campaign of inspections of thousands of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to identify advocacy groups the government deems “foreign agents” and force them to register as such. This list tracks the legal consequences of the law on dozens of NGOs. In early March 2013 the Russian government launched an unprecedented, nationwide campaignof inspections of thousands of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to identify advocacy groups the government deems “foreign agents”and force them to register…

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