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18/11/2005 11:25:47 am
Russia Gets Even More Authoritarian. A new law is quickly becoming reality in Vladimir Putin?s Russia. All non-governmental organisations will face heavy restrictions, and most likely lots of the international ones will be forced to leave the country. It is the way of an ex-KGB-operative who centralises power and restricts freedom. The Washington Post writes:

"The new law would require all 450,000 noncommercial associations in Russia to re-register with the government; force groups that until now have operated without registration to obtain one; and ban all organizations from using foreign funding for ?political activity?. Chapters of foreign organizations, such as Human Rights Watch or the Carnegie Moscow Center, would be banned, as would foreign employees of nongovernmental organizations. In effect, the measure would drive most foreign NGOs out of Russia, make it impossible for foundations such as the National Endowment for Democracy to operate and subject all Russian civic groups to the whims of the secret police, who would be able to deny registration to any they deemed suspicious."

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