MENU
Documenting
war crimes in Ukraine

The Tribunal for Putin (T4P) global initiative was set up in response to the all-out war launched by Russia against Ukraine in February 2022.

Similar articles

New Russian bill seeks to brand NGOs as “foreign agents”Russian Parliament gives first approval for “foreign agent” NGO” billHRW calls on Russia’s State Duma to reject changes to rules on foreign-funded NGOsRussian parliament adopts NGO ’foreign agents’ billPACE Rapporteur slams Russian slander bill as “invitation to punish” Kremlin criticsRussian Humor And Asymmetrical Warfare“Foreign agent” law, Internet censorship and criminalization of slander passed in RussiaRussia: Controversial NGO bill becomes law’Take this law and shove it!’Moscow shuts down USAID activities in RussiaFor their freedom and oursArmed raid and surreal charges in Russian attempt to silence renowned Crimean Tatar journalist and Crimean Solidarity coordinator Lutfiye Zutfiyeva Prominent Crimean Tatar journalist 'sentenced' by Russian court to 6 years for Facebook post about saving Oleh Sentsov's lifeJan Rachinsky, chairman of the International ‘Memorial’ Society 63% of Russians view bloody dictator and mass murderer Stalin positively. In Ukraine only 4% Analytical information on enforced disappearances in UkraineUkraine ‘began the war against Russia’ in Moscow’s official school history textbook Russia outlaws CrimeaSOS as ‘undesirable’ for reporting its violations in occupied Crimea Crimean journalist prosecuted and declared a ‘foreign agent’ for opposing Russia’s war against UkraineRussian invaders install terror methods of censorship in occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast

Moscow Helsinki Group will not register as a “foreign agent”

03.07.2012    source: grani.ru
“Let them close us down if they want. That will mean that the whole world will learn that they have closed the Moscow Helsinki Group which has existed for 36 years and outlived the Soviet period”. - Ludmila Alexeeva

The Head  of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Ludmila Alexeeva has said that the organization will not register as a “foreign agent” if the new bill tabled in parliament is passed. “Let them close us down if they want. That will mean that the whole world will learn that they have closed the Moscow Helsinki Group which has existed for 36 years and outlived the Soviet period”.

Ludmila Alexeeva added that her organization is not an agent of foreign govermments. “We defend our own citizens when their rights are violated. We are not working for foreign states”.

Lev Ponomaryov has also stated that his organization “For Human Rights” will not agree to being “insultingly branded an agent of a foreign State”.

The Head of the Human Rights Council under the President, Mikhail Fedotov has also sharply criticised the draft bill, and says that the present draft would make even the Russian Orthodox Church a “foreign agent”.

A source in the Kremlin stated on Monday that the draft bill could be passed in the next few weeks and come into force in September.

NGOs operating in Russia on grants from abroad and deemed to be engaged in political activities would be obliged to register as "foreign agents."  Such NGOs would have to report to the authorities every six months about their funding.

 Share this