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Moscow court refuses to exclude rights group Memorial from “foreign agents” list

13:48 16/12/2016 Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky District Court dismissed an application filed by human rights organization Memorial to be removed from “foreign agents” list.

Russian court shuts down charity foundation labeled 'foreign agent'

15:02 13/12/2016 A court in Chelyabinsk sided with the Ministry of Justice and ordered charity foundation 'For nature' that had been designated as a 'foreign agent' to be shut down.

State Duma committee approves banning undesirable foreign NGOs from creating companies

16:46 16/11/2016 The State Duma Committee for non-governmental and religious organizations has recommended that the lower house of parliament adopt a bill prohibiting undesirable foreign NGOs from creating Russian legal entities.

Russian NGO sues Google over “right to forget”, again

16:29 25/10/2016 The SOVA Center for Information and Analysis had for the second time filed an application against Google seeking recovery of links removed from search results under the law on information protection.

Levada-Center to appeal its inclusion in “foreign agents” list

13:50 09/09/2016 One of Russia’s largest non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the Levada-Center, which regularly conducts sociological and market surveys, will appeal its inclusion into a “foreign agent” list.

Levada-Center survey NGO declared foreign agent

10:53 06/09/2016 One of Russia’s largest non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the Levada-Center, which regularly conducts sociological and market surveys, has been declared a “foreign agent”.

Ban on Golos NGO appealed in Moscow court

17:48 29/08/2016 The Golos association in defense of voters’ rights filed an appeal with the Moscow City Court challenging a lower court’s ruling banning the organization.

Russian authorities declare organization headed by McCain “undesirable”

15:41 18/08/2016 Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has found two more organizations undesirable foreign NGOs: International Republican Institute and Media Development Investment Fund, Inc.

Russian upper house approves bill on support of socially beneficial NGOs

13:08 29/06/2016 The Federation Courncil, Russia’s upper house of parliament, on Wednesday approved a bill on support of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide socially beneficial services.

State Duma passes bill on support of socially beneficial NGOs

13:56 24/06/2016 The State Duma adopted a bill on support of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide socially beneficial services on Friday.

Russian law on NGOs, Constitutional Court law need to be amended - Venice Commission

10:42 13/06/2016 The Venice Commission made public its opinion on the Russian law on undesirable activities of foreign and international non-governmental organizations and the Russian law on the Constitutional Court empowering it to declare decisions of international courts “unenforceable”.

PACE rapporteur concerned over proposed amendments to Russia’s NGO law

14:59 05/05/2016 Yves Cruchten, a PACE rapporteur, has expressed concern in connection with the State Duma’s (Russia’s parliament lower house) recent proposal to further amend a federal law on NGOs.

ECHR accepts complaint by Russian immigration-focused NGO over “foreign agent” law

16:56 26/02/2016 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has accepted a complaint filed by the fund “Immigration XXI century”, a non-profit organization from Russia dealing with immigration problems.

Russian Justice Ministry suggests adjusting foreign agents law

10:34 22/01/2016 Russia’s Justice Ministry proposed amendments to the NGO foreign agents law aimed at clarifying the terms of political activity, RIA Novosti reported on Friday.

Russian immigration-focused NGO contests “foreign agent” law in ECHR

13:52 25/12/2015 A non-profit organization from Russia dealing with immigration problems, a fund named “Immigration XXI century” filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against Russian “foreign agents” law.

Memorial NGO fined $9,000 for violating foreign agent law

14:57 04/09/2015 A magistrate court in Moscow has fined Memorial, a human rights NGO, 600,000 rubles (approximately $9,000) for violating the foreign agent law.

Number of blacklisted NGOs could be increased to 20 - report

10:30 09/07/2015 The blacklist of undesirable foreign NGOs could be expanded to 20.

Dynasty Foundation to be shut down after being designated a foreign agent

12:15 08/07/2015 Dynasty, a foundation for non-profit education and science development programs, included in the list of foreign agent NGOs by Russia’s Ministry of Justice, and which refused to register as one, will be shut down.

Russian upper house to consider blacklisting foreign NGOs

17:46 07/07/2015 The Federation Council has received proposals to add about 60 organizations, which are deemed undesirable in Russia, to a blacklist of foreign NGOs.

NGO linked to Dynasty Foundation fined for refusal to enter 'foreign agents' list

16:27 22/06/2015 A Moscow magistrate court has fined the Liberal Mission Foundation, an NGO that provides a platform for debate among liberal-minded economists, political scientists and sociologists and that is linked to the Dynasty Foundation, 300,000 rubles ($5,600) for refusing to register as a foreign agent in violation of the federal law.

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