Russia/Undesirable organization

Russia/Undesirable organization
Russia/Undesirable organization
Membership	• National Endowment for Democracy; • Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation; • Open Society Foundations; • U.S. Russia Foundation; • National Democratic Institute; • Media Development Investment Fund; • International Republican Institute; • Open Russia Civic Movement; • Open Russia; • Institute of Modern Russia; • Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation; • European Platform for Democratic Elections; • International Elections Study Center; • German Marshall Fund; • Pacific Environment; • Free Russia Foundation; • Ukrainian World Congress; • Atlantic Council; • People in Need; • European Endowment for Democracy; • Jamestown Foundation; • Project Harmony International; • Dragon Springs Buddhist (The Mountain); • Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting; • European Falun Dafa Association; • Friends of Falun Gong; • Global Mission to Rescue Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners; • Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong; • World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong; • Prague Civil Society Centre; • Association of Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe; • Center for Liberal Modernity ; • Forum of Russian-speaking Europeans; • Austausch ; • Bard College; • European Choice; • Khodorkovsky Foundation; • Oxford Russia Fund; • Future of Russia Foundation; • Freedom of Information Society (Team 29); • Proekt; • International Partnership for Human Rights; • New Generation Spiritual Directorate of the Evangelical Christian ; • New Generation Evangelical Christian Church ; • New Generation International Biblical College ; • New Generation International Christian Movement ; • World Institute of Scientology Enterprises; • Church of Spiritual Technology; • European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations; • WOT Foundation; • Free Idel-Ural; • Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project; • iStories (Important Stories); • Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs); • Crimean Human Rights Group; • Heinrich Böll Foundation; • Stichting Bellingcat; • Bellingcat; • The Insider; • CEELI Institute; • Open Estonia Foundation; • Calvert 22 Foundation; • Ukrainian Canadian Congress; • Macdonald–Laurier Institute; • Ukrainian National Federation of Canada; • Decembrists (German: Dekabristen); • Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Wilson Center); • Open Press; • Renaissance Volodymyr Muntyan Charitable Foundation; • Spiritual Center "Renaissance"; • Riddle; • Anti-war Committee in Sweden "Russians Against War"; • Meduza; • Andrei Sakharov Foundation; • Free Russia Forum; • Free Nations League; • Transparency International; • Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum; • Solidarus; • CrimeaSOS; • Free University (Russia) (Latvian: Brīvā Universitāte); • Institute for Statecraft; • EU—Russia Civil Society Forum; • Bellona Foundation; • League of Residents of Chishima and Habomai Islands; • Congress of People's Deputies; • Greenpeace International; • Anti-Corruption Foundation International; • "Transformation Center Church International; • Transformation Center Covenant Network"; • Agora (Interregional Association of Human Rights Organizations); • World Wide Fund for Nature; • Novaya Gazeta Europe; • Altai Project; • Educational Human Rights House Chernihiv; • Human Rights House Foundation; • Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House; • Human Rights House Tbilisi; • Human Rights House Yerevan; • Human Rights House Crimea; • Wild Salmon Center; • TVR Studios (TV Rain); • TV Rain; • Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (Martens Centre); • Conflict Intelligence Team; • AllatRa; • For a Free Russia (Polish: Za Wolną Rosję); • Free Buryatia Foundation; • URALIC Centre for Indigenous Peoples; • UnKremlin; • International Transport Workers' Federation; • EastCham Finland; • Hudson Institute; • Foundation for Democratic Development; • Committee-2024; • Central European University; • Centre for East European and International Studies; • Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Jehovah's Witnesses; • Religious Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ukraine; • Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania; • Civic Council; • Center for European Policy Analysis; • Eastern European Academic Network; • Russian Action Committee; • RAND Corporation; • Russian America for Democracy in Russia; • True Russia; • Global Investigative Journalism Network; • Helpdesk Media Foundation; • Freies Russland Berlin; • Freies Russland NRW; • GlobalGiving Foundation; • Anti-War Committee of Russia; • Russie-Libertés ; • Asociación de Rusos Libres; • Alliance for the Return of the Northern Territories; • Crimean Tatar Resource Center ; • IndustriALL Global Union; • Russian Election Monitor; • Article 19; • Mnenie Media (DOXA); • Anarchist Black Cross Federation; • Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; • German Society for Eastern European Studies ; • Friedrich Ebert Foundation; • XZ Foundation; • OWEN — Mobile Academy for Gender Democracy and Peacebuilding; • Lew Kopelew Forum ; • American Councils for International Education; • Cultural Vistas; • Institute of International Education; • Russians Against War Antalya; • Open Dialogue Foundation; • Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy; • Russian Canadian Democratic Alliance; • Norman Paterson School of International Affairs; • Center for Civil Liberties; • Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom; • Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom; • Feminist Anti-War Resistance; • Ingush Independence Committee; • Prometheus Security Environment Research Center; • KKL-Stop the Occupation of Karelia; • Come Back Alive; • Freedom House; • SOTA media (Sotaproject); • Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine; • German Historical Institute Moscow; • Great Commission Media Ministries; • International Russian Radio & Television; • Great Commission Media Ministries; • Dekoder; • Center for Strategic and International Studies; • Democratic Community of Russian-Speakers in Finland; • Vuoksi Ry; • MitOst; • The John Smith Trust; • The Moscow Times; • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; • Assembly of the Peoples of the Caucasus; • EF Education First; • OSTMOST Foundation; • Konrad Adenauer Foundation; • Kulturus; • MRR-Fund (My Russian Rights); • Russland hinter Gittern; • For your and our freedom; • Deputies of Peaceful Russia; • Clooney Foundation for Justice; • Belsat; • Fund 24.02; • Media in Cooperation and Transition; • Internationale Assoziation für Intellektuelle Spiele; • Young Presidents Organization; • Human Rights Centre "ZMINA"
	Law banning "undesirable organizations" - many of them NGOs with ties to Western intelligence agencies - from operating in Russia.

The Russian undesirable organizations law is a law that was signed by President Vladimir Putin on 23 May 2015 as a follow-up to the 2012 Russian [[foreign agent] law. Under the law, Russian prosecutors are able to target foreign groups which they deem to present "a threat to the foundation of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation, the defense capability of the country or the security of the state."^[1]

As of 21 November 2024, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation declared 194 overseas and international non-governmental organizations undesirable in Russia.^[2]

legal implications for NGOs

These organisations are forbidden from holding public events and from possessing or distributing promotional materials, including via mass media. All Russian banks and financial institutions are forbidden from cooperating with them and are required to inform Russia's financial watchdog agency about all those that attempt to use them.

When given notice from the prosecutors, these NGOs have to disband. Violators face fines or prison terms of up to six years. People cooperating with such entities are subject to fines and can be banned from entering Russia.^[3] Russians who maintain ties with "undesirables" face penalties ranging from fines to a maximum of six years in prison.^[4]

Problems with Western official narrative

The Russian law is similar to the US Foreign Agents Registration Act.^[5] Most NATO countries have similar laws.

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References

[1] ttps://www.wsj.com/articles/putin-signs-russian-law-to-shut-undesirable-organizations-1432404789

[2] ttps://archive.today/20240202170320/https://minjust.gov.ru/ru/documents/7756

[abc.net.au-3] ttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-24/russia-new-ngo-law-draws-western-ire/6493520

[4] ttps://www.hrw.org/world-report/2016/country-chapters/russia

[5] ttps://www.rt.com/russia/606243-echr-russia-foreign-agents/#:~:text=Russia%E2%80%99s%20foreign%20agent%20law%2C%20similar,and%20be%20labeled%20as%20such

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Russia/Undesirable organization
Membership	• National Endowment for Democracy • Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation • Open Society Foundations • U.S. Russia Foundation • National Democratic Institute • Media Development Investment Fund • International Republican Institute • Open Russia Civic Movement • Open Russia • Institute of Modern Russia • Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation • European Platform for Democratic Elections • International Elections Study Center • German Marshall Fund • Pacific Environment • Free Russia Foundation • Ukrainian World Congress • Atlantic Council • People in Need • European Endowment for Democracy • Jamestown Foundation • Project Harmony International • Dragon Springs Buddhist (The Mountain) • Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting • European Falun Dafa Association • Friends of Falun Gong • Global Mission to Rescue Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners • Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong • World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong • Prague Civil Society Centre • Association of Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe • Center for Liberal Modernity • Forum of Russian-speaking Europeans • Austausch • Bard College • European Choice • Khodorkovsky Foundation • Oxford Russia Fund • Future of Russia Foundation • Freedom of Information Society (Team 29) • Proekt • International Partnership for Human Rights • New Generation Spiritual Directorate of the Evangelical Christian • New Generation Evangelical Christian Church • New Generation International Biblical College • New Generation International Christian Movement • World Institute of Scientology Enterprises • Church of Spiritual Technology • European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations • WOT Foundation • Free Idel-Ural • Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project • iStories (Important Stories) • Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs) • Crimean Human Rights Group • Heinrich Böll Foundation • Stichting Bellingcat • Bellingcat • The Insider • CEELI Institute • Open Estonia Foundation • Calvert 22 Foundation • Ukrainian Canadian Congress • Macdonald–Laurier Institute • Ukrainian National Federation of Canada • Decembrists (German: Dekabristen) • Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Wilson Center) • Open Press • Renaissance Volodymyr Muntyan Charitable Foundation • Spiritual Center "Renaissance" • Riddle • Anti-war Committee in Sweden "Russians Against War" • Meduza • Andrei Sakharov Foundation • Free Russia Forum • Free Nations League • Transparency International • Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum • Solidarus • CrimeaSOS • Free University (Russia) (Latvian: Brīvā Universitāte) • Institute for Statecraft • EU—Russia Civil Society Forum • Bellona Foundation • League of Residents of Chishima and Habomai Islands • Congress of People's Deputies • Greenpeace International • Anti-Corruption Foundation International • "Transformation Center Church International • Transformation Center Covenant Network" • Agora (Interregional Association of Human Rights Organizations) • World Wide Fund for Nature • Novaya Gazeta Europe • Altai Project • Educational Human Rights House Chernihiv • Human Rights House Foundation • Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House • Human Rights House Tbilisi • Human Rights House Yerevan • Human Rights House Crimea • Wild Salmon Center • TVR Studios (TV Rain) • TV Rain • Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (Martens Centre) • Conflict Intelligence Team • AllatRa • For a Free Russia (Polish: Za Wolną Rosję) • Free Buryatia Foundation • URALIC Centre for Indigenous Peoples • UnKremlin • International Transport Workers' Federation • EastCham Finland • Hudson Institute • Foundation for Democratic Development • Committee-2024 • Central European University • Centre for East European and International Studies • Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Jehovah's Witnesses • Religious Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ukraine • Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania • Civic Council • Center for European Policy Analysis • Eastern European Academic Network • Russian Action Committee • RAND Corporation • Russian America for Democracy in Russia • True Russia • Global Investigative Journalism Network • Helpdesk Media Foundation • Freies Russland Berlin • Freies Russland NRW • GlobalGiving Foundation • Anti-War Committee of Russia • Russie-Libertés • Asociación de Rusos Libres • Alliance for the Return of the Northern Territories • Crimean Tatar Resource Center • IndustriALL Global Union • Russian Election Monitor • Article 19 • Mnenie Media (DOXA) • Anarchist Black Cross Federation • Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty • German Society for Eastern European Studies • Friedrich Ebert Foundation • XZ Foundation • OWEN — Mobile Academy for Gender Democracy and Peacebuilding • Lew Kopelew Forum • American Councils for International Education • Cultural Vistas • Institute of International Education • Russians Against War Antalya • Open Dialogue Foundation • Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy • Russian Canadian Democratic Alliance • Norman Paterson School of International Affairs • Center for Civil Liberties • Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom • Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom • Feminist Anti-War Resistance • Ingush Independence Committee • Prometheus Security Environment Research Center • KKL-Stop the Occupation of Karelia • Come Back Alive • Freedom House • SOTA media (Sotaproject) • Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine • German Historical Institute Moscow • Great Commission Media Ministries • International Russian Radio & Television • Great Commission Media Ministries • Dekoder • Center for Strategic and International Studies • Democratic Community of Russian-Speakers in Finland • Vuoksi Ry • MitOst • The John Smith Trust • The Moscow Times • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace • Assembly of the Peoples of the Caucasus • EF Education First • OSTMOST Foundation • Konrad Adenauer Foundation • Kulturus • MRR-Fund (My Russian Rights) • Russland hinter Gittern • For your and our freedom • Deputies of Peaceful Russia • Clooney Foundation for Justice • Belsat • Fund 24.02 • Media in Cooperation and Transition • Internationale Assoziation für Intellektuelle Spiele • Young Presidents Organization • Human Rights Centre "ZMINA"
Law banning "undesirable organizations" - many of them NGOs with ties to Western intelligence agencies - from operating in Russia.