Russia: NGO registration, democracy, and civil society
... scholars argue that NGOs which rely on outside funding, either from government or from foreign funders, do not really belong to civil society. Outside funders determine priorities, rather than the organization's membership and those it is presumed ... ....org/wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee. Since 1938, the U.S. has had legislation that is very similar to the new Russian legislation--the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). President Putin has even been saying that the Russians copied their legislation from FARA....