From the registry of foreign agents excluded the first two organizations. On Friday the Ministry of Justice said. Registry “left” Perm Center for Civic Analysis and Independent Research “Facets” and Kostroma Civic Initiatives Support Center. Proceed following the example of colleagues and to apply for a way out of the list inoagentov ready but not all NGOs included therein.
The Ministry of Justice said on Friday that from the register of NGOs – foreign agents excluded the first two organizations. According to the results of the audit from the list of agents erased Perm Center for Civic Analysis and Independent Research “The Edge” and Kostroma Civic Initiatives Support Center. These organizations are among the first appealed to the Ministry of Justice with a request to exclude them from the registry. Ability to leave “the mournful list” from NGOs appeared in March this year, when Vladimir Putin signed a law regulating the procedure for removal from the Register of foreign agents.
According to the document, the organization may be removed from the list inoagentov if during the year preceding the writing of the application for withdrawal, did not receive foreign funding and are not engaged in political activities. Upon receipt of such a statement of NGOs, Ministry of Justice shall carry out the appropriate checks and make a decision – to exclude the organization from the register or not.
After the delisting inoagentov first two NCOs left there 67 organizations. Department of Justice awaiting a verdict Youth Center counseling and training and the movement “For Human Rights”, previously also applied to the output from the register.
According to a member of the HRC, human rights activist from the “Agora” Paul Chikova in the near future will give statements to the output of another whole group of NGOs. “The first went to” Nizhny Novgorod Environmental Center “Dodo” – it has applied for an exception from the list inoagentov exactly on Friday, not knowing about the decision of the Ministry of Justice concerning the “Grand” and Kostroma Civic Initiatives Support Center.
«It (the decision to remove from the registry. -” Times “) is very good news for NGOs and for these two organizations in particular – says Pins. – They really wanted to get out of the registry, and they succeeded. Today expire three months after the submission of their applications for exit, and that’s the last day it suddenly happened. The ratio of non-governmental sector to the label “foreign agent” Definitely – very negative, and there was a long work of NGOs, including the meeting with the President to ensure the amendment (regulating the output from the register. – “Times”) into law. ”
The very “Agora” is also included in the list of inoagentov. Pins did not comment on whether the organization to apply to the output.
«Soldiers’ Mothers of St. Petersburg”, which is included in the list of inoagentov in August 2014, is still disputed by the action of the Justice Ministry, told “Gazeta.ru” spokesman Alexander Peredruk organization. “If the process is delayed, we will provide a statement (of withdrawal from the registry. -” Times “) in the general manner prescribed by law. But while we wait for the consideration of our appeal in Zamoskvoretsky Court “- says Peredruk.
The situation is similar at the Human Rights Centre “Memorial”. “We did not apply, because it is suing because of the inclusion in our roster,” – said the lawyer Cyril Koroteev organization. According to him, the appeal to the claim – “the issue of the next few months”, after which the Board of “Memorial” will decide on further action.
A number of NGOs are not going to apply for exclusion from the register.
So, the association of non-profit organizations “in defense of the rights of voters” Voice ” would not do it on principle, said earlier “Gazeta.ru” executive director Grigory Melkonyants.
Do not pretend to be out of the list and inoagentov Fund “Public Verdict” – the organization does not want to to refuse foreign funding. According to the press-secretary of the organization Oleg Novikov, the presence of foreign funding only have a positive effect on the Fund’s ability to help the victims of torture, “because we can pay for the work of lawyers and to restore the rights of citizens, to help our judicial system to prosecute officials who violate the law.” Reluctance to give up foreign funding in the fund argue that the receipt of funds from different sources – from “international charitable funds from the presidential program to support NGOs, from private donations – is the foundation of our independence.”
«If we are someone will say: let’s do something or that something we simply refuse to work with the donor. And we remain other partners whose help will allow us to continue to help people. We invent our own projects to apply for and implement our plans, “- says Novikov.
NGOs, which have been excluded from the register, you can only congratulate continues representative” Public Verdict “:” Poor, that up to this number of worthy organizations we have been forced to liquidate. For example, JURIX who helped Russian pensioners to seek payment of pensions, prepared and carried their complaints to the ECHR. They are not engaged in politics, but refuse to various, including foreign sources of funding JURIX not. And the organization “finished off” – sums up the source “Gazety.Ru”.
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