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Articles with tag "Undesirable"

Moscow Bans U.S. Cyber Security Firm Recorded Future as ‘Undesirable’ Organization

Russian authorities accused the company’s employees of working with Western intelligence agencies and supporting anti-Russian propaganda.

Russia Blacklists Clooney Foundation

The foundation earlier filed a case with the UN Human Rights Committee over a 2022 missile attack on Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
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Putin Signs Law Banning Foreign State-Funded Orgs as ‘Undesirable’

Experts believe the newly expanded legislation could also be used to target state-backed media outlets such as the BBC and Deutsche Welle.
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Russian Prosecutors Label Prisoner Rights Group as ‘Undesirable’

Authorities accused the organization of “demonizing” Russia and attempting to “rewrite” its history.
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Russian Lawmakers Pass Bill Expanding ‘Undesirable’ Label to Include State-Affiliated Orgs

The bill would empower the Justice Ministry to label any state-sponsored entity as “undesirable,” imposing similar criminal penalties as those for...
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Russia Bans Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Carnegie previously had an office in Moscow that was first opened in 1994, but it shut down following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia Labels Independent News Outlet SOTA 'Undesirable'

The General Prosector’s Office claimed the outlet receives support from the West, with “the goal of undermining... Russian society.” 
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Russia Bans U.S.-Funded Rights Group Freedom House

Russia's Prosecutor General said the rights group had called for "comprehensive assistance for Ukraine to defeat Russia" and had "discredited" the military...
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Russia Labels 3 More Human Rights Groups 'Undesirable'

The Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties are now outlawed in Russia...
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Russia Labels Radio Liberty 'Undesirable'

RFE/RL was previously labeled by the Russian authorities as a “foreign agent,” but the outlet rejected the designation.
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Russia Moves to Ban Foreign State-Funded Orgs as ‘Undesirables’

Senior State Duma lawmaker Vasily Piskarev accused the West of forcing Russia to expand its criteria for “undesirable” organizations.
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Russian Court Fines Activist for Interview With ‘Undesirable’ Media

Activist Nadezhda Nizovkina was fined 5,000 rubles for appearing on air with the independent TV channel Dozhd.
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Russia Labels Youth Magazine DOXA ‘Undesirable’ – Lawmaker

State Duma deputy Vasily Piskarev accused DOXA of “masquerading as a student publication” while being “openly hostile” toward Russia.
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