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Putin Enacts Law Banning ‘undesirable’ NGOs

Putin Enacts Law Banning ‘undesirable’ NGOs Authorities can ban foreign NGOs and go after their employees, who risk up to six years in prison… Russian President Vladimir Putin officially enacted a controversial law banning “undesirable” non-governmental organisations, the Kremlin said Saturday, in a move condemned by human rights groups across the board. The law allows authorities to bar foreign civil society groups seen as threatening Russia’s “defence capabilities” or “constitutional foundations” and go after local activists working with them, the Kremlin statement said. Supporters presented the law as a “preventative measure”, necessary after the wave of Western sanctions put in… View Article