Russia has declared the Andrei Sakharov Foundation an "undesirable" organization amid an ongoing crackdown on international and domestic NGOs, independent media, and civil society. The Prosecutor-General's Office announced the decision on January 23, saying that the activities of the Andrei Sakharov Foundation posed a "threat to the basic constitutional structure and security" of the country. The "undesirable organization" law, adopted in 2015, was part of a series of regulations pushed by the Kremlin that squeezed many nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations that received funding from foreign sources. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
Sakharov Foundation Declared 'Undesirable' By Russia
Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov returns to Moscow in 1986 from internal exile.