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

The Russian Supreme Court has found the prosecutor’s inspection of NGOs legitimate, a RIA Novosti reports on Thursday.

13:28 27.11.2014

Justice Ministry refuses to remove Golos NGO from foreign agents register

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.

11:17 27.11.2014

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

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.

14:24 26.11.2014

Human rights NGO Memorial petitions against its liquidation

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.

16:44 16.10.2014

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

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.

10:34 08.09.2014

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

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.

18:03 13.03.2014

Russian Constitutional Court to consider controversial NGO law in March

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.

14:59 24.01.2014

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

17:38 17.01.2014

St. Petersburg Memorial branch labelled "foreign agent"

The Leninsky District Court of St. Petersburg has classed the Memorial Anti-Discrimination Center, a non-government organization, as a foreign agent.

11:19 13.12.2013

Human rights activists propose amnesty for 2012 Moscow Riots suspects

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.

17:30 25.09.2013

90% of Russians support NGO law - official

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.

18:04 18.09.2013

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

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.

18:45 02.08.2013

NGOs may be formally divided into social and political organizations

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.

17:48 04.07.2013

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

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.

13:57 01.07.2013

First NGO registers as foreign agent in Russia

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.

15:52 28.06.2013

NGO complaints about prosecutors' inspections to be considered in July

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.

14:47 28.06.2013

Election NGO GOLOS suspended for six months - Justice Ministry

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.

11:52 27.06.2013

Government proposes expanding legal basis for surprise NGO inspections

The government has proposed new legislation setting out additional reasons for conducting surprise inspections of non-profit organizations.

13:35 26.06.2013

Russian Civil Society activist cleared of charges arising from NGO raids

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.

17:49 24.06.2013

Justice Ministry orders election watchdog GOLOS to register as foreign agent

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.

11:24 21.06.2013