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Russian Supreme Court confirms legitimacy of prosecutor’s inspection of NGOs

13:28 27/11/2014 The Russian Supreme Court has found the prosecutor’s inspection of NGOs legitimate, a RIA Novosti reports on Thursday.

Justice Ministry refuses to remove Golos NGO from foreign agents register

11:17 27/11/2014 Russia’s Justice Ministry has refused to remove the Golos association in defense of voters’ rights from the foreign agent register, because it allegedly received foreign funding.

Golos labeled 'foreign agent' must pay over $26,500 in taxes, Supreme Court rules

14:24 26/11/2014 Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower courts’ decision to collect an additional 1.2 million rubles ($26,680 at the current exchange rate) in taxes on foreign investment from Golos, according to the ruling made on Wednesday.

Human rights NGO Memorial petitions against its liquidation

16:44 16/10/2014 The Russian human rights organization, Memorial, hopes the Justice Ministry will withdraw a lawsuit it has filed with the Supreme Court to close the human rights center, Interfax reported on Thursday.

Soldiers' Mothers of St. Petersburg NGO fights against foreign agent status

10:34 08/09/2014 Soldiers’ Mothers of St. Petersburg NGO protest against labeling the organization as a 'foreign agent' and want the Ministry of Justice to remove it from the blacklist.

Over 120 NGOs fail to comply with Russian ‘foreign agent’ law in 2013

18:03 13/03/2014 Russia's Ministry of Justice has found that 122 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) failed during the course of 2013 to reveal their foreign sources of finance, in violation of the “foreign agent” law.

Russian Constitutional Court to consider controversial NGO law in March

14:59 24/01/2014 Russian Constitutional Court on March 6 will review the applications filed by Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin and various citizens and NGOs contesting the adherence of the controversial NGO law to the constitution.

Kremlin announces nearly $81 mln allocated for Russian NGOs in 2014

17:38 17/01/2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allocating 2.7 billion rubles (nearly $81 million) in grants to NGOs in the country. The sum will be dispersed among NGOs serving the social sphere, and those engaged in human rights advocacy.

St. Petersburg Memorial branch labelled "foreign agent"

11:19 13/12/2013 The Leninsky District Court of St. Petersburg has classed the Memorial Anti-Discrimination Center, a non-government organization, as a foreign agent.

Human rights activists propose amnesty for 2012 Moscow Riots suspects

17:30 25/09/2013 Human rights activists and lawyers have drafted a project on amnesty for suspects implicated in a Russian criminal case centering on the 2012 Moscow riots, Lev Ponomaryov, leader of the movement For Human Rights, said on Wednesday.

90% of Russians support NGO law - official

18:04 18/09/2013 Head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Ivanov defended Russia’s NGO foreign agent law, asserting that somewhere between 80 and 90 percent of Russians stood in support of it.

Putin: NGO 'foreign agent' law needs to be adjusted

18:45 02/08/2013 Russian president Vladimir Putin doesn’t see any point in toughening or liberalizing the federal law which brands NGOs funded from abroad and engaged in political activities as foreign agents, but stands for putting things in order.

NGOs may be formally divided into social and political organizations

17:48 04/07/2013 Instructions have been issued to divide the NGOs that work in Russia into those that engage in political activities and those that are involved in social issues, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with human rights activists.

Justice Ministry says it will not raid every NGO reported by authorities

13:57 01/07/2013 The Justice Ministry will not launch a surprise inspection of every non-governmental organization (NGO) that the state authorities report, a ministry official said on Monday. The raids will be based on common sense.

First NGO registers as foreign agent in Russia

15:52 28/06/2013 Non-commercial partnership "Supporting Competition in the CIS Countries" is the first organization in Russia to register as a foreign agent in accordance with a law passed last year requiring NGOs funded from abroad to declare their status.

NGO complaints about prosecutors' inspections to be considered in July

14:47 28/06/2013 In July the Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow will consider several complaints filed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) challenging the rights of prosecutors to conduct inspections, RAPSI reports from the courtroom on Friday.

Election NGO GOLOS suspended for six months - Justice Ministry

11:52 27/06/2013 The Justice Ministry has suspended the operations of the GOLOS Association for six months for refusing to register as a foreign agent, the ministry said.

Government proposes expanding legal basis for surprise NGO inspections

13:35 26/06/2013 The government has proposed new legislation setting out additional reasons for conducting surprise inspections of non-profit organizations.

Russian Civil Society activist cleared of charges arising from NGO raids

17:49 24/06/2013 A Lipetsk court has dismissed charges against Irina Shchurko, the president of the Foundation for the Development of Modern Civil Society Institutions, who refused to provide the documents required by prosecutors during sweeping inspections of NGOs due to a lack of offense.

Justice Ministry orders election watchdog GOLOS to register as foreign agent

11:24 21/06/2013 The Justice Ministry insists that the GOLOS Association register as foreign agent despite the organization's assurances that it has not received foreign funding since November, the ministry press office told RIA Novosti.

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