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Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Russia Introduces Law Limiting Aid for Nonprofits - NYTimes.com
Russia Introduces Law Limiting Aid for Nonprofits - NYTimes.com: MOSCOW — In the latest move to rein in dissent, Russian authorities have introduced a draft law that would require nonprofit organizations that receive financing from outside Russia to publicly declare themselves “foreign agents” — a term that, to Russians, evokes cold war-era espionage and is likely to discredit the organizations’ work in the eyes of the public.
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