Russia Expands Unwanted Organizations List with U.S. and German Entities

On October 31, the Ministry of Justice added two non-governmental organizations from the United States and Germany to the undesirable list. This is evidenced by data on the agency’s website. The updated list includes the American “International Center for Journalists” (The International Center for Journalists, ICFJ) and the German “European Foundation for Journalism in Exile” (JX Fund GmbH). According to the list, the activities of these organizations were declared undesirable in Russia by the Prosecutor General’s Office on October 17. Earlier, on October 3, the Ministry of Justice included four non-governmental organizations in the list of undesirable entities: the Initiative for Resistance and Dialogue from Finland, the Eurasian Network of People who Use Drugs from Georgia, Unity and Freedom, and the Assembly of Chechens of Europe from France.