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Russia: NGO registration, democracy, and civil society

... 1947–1975, the House of Representatives had a Committee on Unamerican Activities (HUAC) http://en.wikipedia.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. This U.S. legislation requires that "agents representing the interests of foreign powers in a "political or ...

01.02.2015

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On recent Russian legislation requiring registration of foreign-funded NGOs

Many observers, both inside and outside Russia, view recent legislation requiring foreign-funded NGOs to register as foreign agents as a roll-back of democracy and civil society. President Putin has responded saying that the legislation was essentially copied from the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). In fact, much of what he has been saying in defense of the legislation could have been lifted from the FAQs page of the FARA website. Morever, Putin insists that the Russisn legislation does not prohibit anything,...

31.01.2015

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