Today, the Council of the Federation (SF) will direct the heads of the Foreign Ministry, Justice Ministry and Prosecutor General’s Office “patriotic stop-list” “the need” to counter “anti-Russian activities” some foreign organizations. Senators included in the list of the Soros Foundation, Freedom House and the Crimean field mission on Human Rights (of – 12 companies), but failed to explain how these structures intervene in the internal politics of Russia. Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko noted that the list is “precautionary”. Defendants in the “stop-list” call their inclusion in the list of “errors” and “unfriendly step”.
The Federation Council yesterday announced the so-called patriotic stop list. The list includes “Open Society Institute” (Soros Foundation), National Endowment for Democracy, the International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, the MacArthur Foundation, Freedom House, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Foundation “Education for Democracy”, East European Democracy Center, the World Congress of Ukrainians, Ukrainian World Coordinating Council and the Crimean field mission on Human Rights.
In response to the question “b” on how to form a “stop-list”, the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko said that the information on foreign organizations that “provide financial support for the” Russian NGOs came from the regions. “Our organization is not aware of the political purposes of these structures often come under their influence,” – says the chairman of the Federation Council. Focusing on the “stop-list”, the Russian authorities and civil society to be “cautious”. And the Prosecutor General’s Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice on the treatment SF tested the effects of foreign organizations on the subject of “anti-Russian activity.” Void list does not have: Valentina Matvienko said that it is “precautionary”.
Recall that the head of the Federation Council committee on international affairs Konstantin Kosachev, in late June, proposed the idea of creating a “stop list”, earlier called on to take the time to include a list of specific organizations because his training “should be a vowel” (see. “Kommersant” on July 4).
Yesterday Kosachev, representing the “stop-list”, admitted that he “assumed that the work will require much more time.” But “because the threats are obvious,” it was decided to “start with the first, narrow, but the striker’s goal in” list. The Federation Council at the same time and did not give a specific answer to the question “b” of what those “threats”. Konstantin Kosachev, citing “his own analyst”, explained that the listed organizations “by all means want to interfere in Russia’s foreign policy.” He assured that in considering candidates for getting into the list of the creators of the list of “not paying attention to the nationality of the” institutions: only then found out that “seven of them have to do with the United States, two more – in Poland, three – to the Ukraine.” But questions about what exactly violations made by foreign NGOs, Kosachev said that it should “set the appropriate authorities.” Head of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation Klishas added that senators receive information “in camera” from “various sources.” As part of the consideration of the “stop-list” on the committee, told “Kommersant” a source in the Federation Council, Mr Klishas said that consulted on the list with the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Foreign Ministry and the Federal Security Service.
Coordinator of the Crimean field mission on Human Rights, member of the Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC), Andrei Yurov told “Kommersant” that the “mission” did not give in their report “political judgments “” They were used in the HRC, and the Commissioner for Human Rights, Ella Pamfilova and the Crimea Ludmila Lubin. ” Now, he said, the government will not be able to say, in the Crimea, Russian human rights defenders to operate freely, and “other than damage to Russia’s reputation it will give nothing.” Chairman of the Ukrainian World Coordinating Council Mikhail Ratushny said “Kommersant” that the organization has the support of Ukrainian diaspora around the world, including in Russia, which has been ratified by the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. Adding to the Board in the “stop-list” looks “unfriendly step” even against the “actual war” that goes between Ukraine and Russia, he said. The Freedom House called a “mistake” the creation of patriotic “stop list.” “While the Russian government is trying to limit the political rights and civil liberties, Freedom House sympathize with organizations that are working for Russia to become a democratic country,” – said “Kommersant” the press service of the organization.
The head of the HRC Mikhail Fedotov said that “stop-list” “totally redundant”. In particular, he said, it is unclear how much damage the security of the state inflicts human rights mission in Crimea. “If a foreign organization is undesirable, for this is the law on NGOs, which would prevent her work in Russia, and if a person is engaged in activities that are harmful to the state, for this is the Criminal Code,” – said Mr. Fedotov “b”.
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