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