The list of "Patriotic stop-list" of foreign NGOs, whose activities are undesirable in the territory of the Russian Federation, can be extended for a further 8 organisations, informs the newspaper "Izvestia", citing a senior source in the Federation Council.

The Federation Council has sent to the Prosecutor General, Ministry of foreign Affairs and the Ministry of justice "Patriotic stop-list" of 12 foreign NGOs, which included, in addition to the Soros Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation, the world Congress of Ukrainians, the Ukrainian world coordinating Council, the Crimean field mission on human rights. Similarly, in the "stop-list" appear on the national endowment for democracy, international Republican Institute, national democratic Institute for international issues, freedom house, Foundation Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Foundation " Education for democracy ", East European democratic centre.

"As told" Izvestia "in the Federation Council, the List of undesirable organizations not complete, it have to be completed at least eight organizations, including the Ford Foundation, the Jamestown Foundation, Foundation" Open Russia ", Eurasia Foundation, Institute. Albert Einstein ", - informs the print edition.

according to the publication, the Eurasia Foundation and the Ford Foundation give grants to NGOs in Russia and in the post-Soviet States. Some time ago they sponsored organizations such As memorial, the Moscow Helsinki group. The Foundation of Jamestown (Jamestown Foundation) focuses its activities on the Russian North Caucasus, and the Fund " Open Russia ", which was set up by Mikhail Khodorkovsky and several other employees of Yukos, allocates funds to the representatives of the Russian opposition.

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