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| The most draconian law yet |
| 2015-05-20 |
| On May 19, the Russian Duma approved a third and final draft of legislation that criminalizes “undesirable organizations.” If the Federation Council and President endorse the bill, any foreign or international NGO that the government declares “undesirable” will be banned from working in Russia. All an organization’s subsidiaries will be closed, its accounts frozen, and its supervisors and staff can even face civil and criminal penalties. For all Russia’s recent laws in this vein, the “undesirable organizations” bill is still unprecedentedly draconian, and the power it grants authorities to ban NGOs is extrajudicial. Meduza breaks down the most important facets of legislation that is likely to change Russia's NGO landscape dramatically. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #6 criminalizes “undesirable organizations" DoJ beat them in draconianism! Modeled after the dress-code police. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-05-20 21:55 |
| #5 It's a literary ref, John. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-05-20 16:37 |
| #4 #1 Tranzis are enemies general of the human kind---to be dealt with as wolves are. Wolves are different from Tranzis. Wolves have some redeeming characteristics. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-05-20 13:54 |
| #3 Yep, here they don't pass laws, the apparatchiks of the bureaucracy just make up new regulations for the same effect. Why bother with the facade of the 'consent of the governed'? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-05-20 08:23 |
| #2 An Internal Revenue Service dream. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-05-20 04:38 |
| #1 Tranzis are enemies general of the human kind---to be dealt with as wolves are. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-05-20 01:06 |