Re: Putin Warns Politically Active NGOs


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: "Captain!" <SpammersMustDie@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: > Putin Warns Politically Active NGOs
: > http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2005/07/21/001.html
: >
: > President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia would not tolerate
: > foreign money being used to finance the political activities of
: > nongovernmental organizations.
: >
:
: That's very wise, since the US uses NGOs for achieving self-advantageous
: goals. Canada should refuse fundings from US religious-right groups as
well.
: And any other foreign organizations.
:

Russia is raising a whole population of NGO lovers.

Remember that it is almost entirely western churches that have cared for
Russian orphanages since the collapse.

Those kids will grow up knowing Russia abandoned them while American
churchgoers took them in and fed and clothed them.

Legions of future Putin haters.

:
: > Putin's remarks made it clear that the Kremlin is worried about upcoming
: > parliamentary and presidential elections and the possibility of a
popular
: > uprising such as the ones that toppled the governments of Ukraine,
Georgia
: > and Kyrgyzstan over the past two years. Government officials have
accused
: > Western countries of helping bankroll the uprisings through NGOs.
: >
: > "We are against overseas funding for the political activities [of NGOs]
in
: > Russia. I categorically object," Putin said at a meeting with human
rights
: > activists in the Kremlin.
: >
: > "Not a single state that respects itself does that, and we won't allow
it
: > either," he said.
: >
: > Putin said he had been briefed that "money is being allocated for
concrete
: > political activity" in very sensitive areas. "We understand that he who
: pays
: > the piper calls the tune," he said.
: >
: > Putin did not identify which countries or organizations were providing
: > money.
: >
: > A U.S. Senate committee on June 30 advised the Senate to pass a bill
that
: > allocates $85 million in assistance to Russia next year. Some of the
money
: > comes under the Freedom Support Act, which is aimed at nurturing
democracy
: > abroad. Izvestia reported on July 7 that $5 million of that money would
: fund
: > programs to develop political parties.
: >
: > The United States has been allocating FSA money for Russia and other
: former
: > Soviet republics since the early 1990s, and the amount earmarked for
: Russia
: > for 2005 also totaled $85 million. Russian government officials have
: > suggested the money that went to Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan was
used
: to
: > facilitate the uprisings, which in each case followed a controversial
: > election.
: >
: > The funds for Russia are distributed to a wide variety of NGOs. Some of
: the
: > U.S. money is used to help NGOs and political parties create conditions
: for
: > free and fair elections. NGOs that work with the disabled, orphans and
the
: > environment also are recipients.
: >
: > Putin urged the activists to remain independent of foreign influences.
: >
: > "Let's solve our internal political issues ourselves," Putin told the
: group,
: > which included leading human rights campaigner Lyudmila Alexeyeva, the
: head
: > of the Moscow Helsinki Group.
: >
: > Putin also called for greater cooperation between human rights groups
and
: > the government in ensuring citizens' rights and promised that the
: government
: > would make more state grants available to NGOs.
: >
: > Putin spoke during his first meeting with the advisory Council for
: Fostering
: > the Development of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights, which
was
: > formed in November to replace the Human Rights Commission.
: >
: > Putin's comments reflect the Kremlin's efforts to contain a possible
: Western
: > attempt to spark an uprising in Russia, said Alexei Mukhin, director of
: the
: > Center for Political Information.
: >
: > "The money troubles the Russian government. The Kremlin is ready to
track
: it
: > down," Mukhin said.
: >
: > The Interior Ministry, the Federal Security Service and the Financial
: > Monitoring Agency, which was set up to fight money laundering, are
: probably
: > at the forefront of any effort to follow the flow of cash, Mukhin said.
: >
: > Kremlin adviser and political consultant Gleb Pavlovsky said Putin was
: > reacting to "the shadowy financing" of NGOs that had gotten into
politics
: in
: > recent years. "He is against . a political group acting under the guise
of
: > an NGO," Pavlovsky said.
: >
: > He noted that the Union of Soldiers' Mothers Committees was set up to
help
: > draftees defend their rights but its founders last year formed a
political
: > party and called for Chechen peace talks.
: >
: > Putin's remarks Wednesday could also affect political parties.
Legislation
: > bans political parties from receiving foreign funding for campaigning
but
: > does not prohibit them from accepting the money for daily activities.
: >
: > Parties are required to publish their campaign budgets but are allowed
to
: > keep information about their other financial operations to themselves,
: > Pavlovsky said.
: >
: > Mukhin said foreign money was increasingly going toward outspoken youth
: > organizations such as the National Bolshevik Party, while support for
: > liberal parties such as Yabloko had decreased.
: >
: > Mukhin said new legislation might soon be drafted that would force
parties
: > and NGOs to open their books and pay prohibitive taxes on any foreign
: grants
: > used for political activities.
: >
: > But Pavlovsky said, "This does not suggest that there will be any new
laws
: > or a repression of NGOs."
: >
: > Authorities, however, could charge parties and NGOs with tax evasion or
: > money laundering if they use foreign grants for nondesignated
activities,
: > Pavlovsky said.
: >
: > "Western foundations act absolutely legally when they transfer money,
but
: > the next step may often be illegal, as the money is cashed and used for
: > something other than what is written in the accounting books," Pavlovsky
: > said.
: >
: > Yabloko deputy head Sergei Ivanenko cautioned that cutting foreign
funding
: > to politically active NGOs would restrict civil liberties. He said Putin
: > appeared to be continuing down a course of getting rid of organizations
: that
: > do not pledge their loyalty to the Kremlin, Interfax reported.
: >
: >
:
:


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