Prosecutor General’s Office asked Amnesty International to close and “Memorial” – RBC

Amnesty International activists during a protest on Wenceslas Square in Prague, 2014. Archival photo

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The deputy from the Liberal Democratic Party Vitaly Zolochevsky included in the State Duma Committee for NGOs, sent in Prosecutor General’s Office with a request to query give an indication of the inspection organizations Carnegie Foundation, Transparency International, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the Foundation «Memorial» «for the submission of their threat to the foundations of the constitutional system of the Russian Federation, the country’s defense and security State ». Query on Monday, told RBC Zolochevsky.

In the case of detection and confirmation of such information, the deputy asks to recognize these organizations undesirable in Russia and to take action prosecutorial response in accordance with applicable Russian legislation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on the organization of unwanted Saturday. By law, the junk can be recognized by a non-governmental organization that represents a threat to national security and the basics of constitutional order. According to the document, in coordination with the Foreign Ministry of Russia, the authorities will be able to prohibit the activities of undesirable organizations in Russia. The decision will be made by the Attorney General or his deputy. In the case of inclusion in the list of undesirable organizations accounts of organizations will be frozen and placed in Moscow subsidiary offices closed. Information on the inclusion of a foreign organization in the list of undesirable will appear on the website Justice .

«Act of undesirable organizations adopted. I thought that, perhaps, these organizations are worth checking out, perhaps there signs by which they may be deemed objectionable. Let the public prosecutor decides, “- said Zolochevsky. MP, in particular, Human Rights Watch chided that “the organization said nothing when the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law that in the area of ​​anti-terrorist operations are limited to human rights».

The author of the law, MP Alexander Tarnavskiy Eser, presenting the document to the State Duma, said that it is directed against the foreign organizations that perform their task of special services, operating out of personal animosity to Russia or want to “buy cheaply Russia».

Commenting on the initiative of colleagues from the Liberal Democratic Party, said Tarnavskiy : theoretically any foreign or international non-governmental organization may be undesirable, but to make a complaint to the organization of the adopted law, should be a serious study. Such bases in respect of these organizations, the authors of the law does not see.

The law of adverse organization has been criticized by human rights activists. In March, the Presidential Council for Human Rights sent a negative opinion on the bill. According to the HRC, the bill violates several articles of the Constitution.

The deputy director of the center “Transparency International – R” Andrew Zhvirblis RBC said that the initiative of the deputy Zolochiv heard nothing. He noted that Russia is not an international center, so do not fall under the law. The site of the Russian Center Transparency indicated that the center was established in December 1999 of a group of like-minded people, and so is registered in the Ministry of Justice in May 2000 as an independent non-profit organization, and in October 2000 joined the international fight against corruption Transparency International, all offices which are independent, but their goals and objectives are similar.

The law provides for the introduction of criminal sanctions, if the management company or the participants of junk twice within one year, subject to administrative punishment for a similar offense. For this there is a penalty of 300 thousand. 500 thousand. Rub. or the salary or by compulsory works for a term of up to 360 hours. For cooperation with undesirable organizations also will be fined banks – the size of the fine will be 50-100 thousand. Rub. Of the refusal to conduct transactions with undesirable organizations and non-credit institutions, banks would have to report to the Federal Financial Monitoring Service, and the – the Prosecutor General. Penalty for cooperation with banned organizations for officials will be 20-25 thousand. Rub.