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February 13, 2013
NYT: "US Withdraws From Project With Russia on Civil Society"
The New York Times reports that in the wake of various measures deemed hostile to nonprofit groups working in Russia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Melia announced that the United States would no longer be part of a "civil society working group" created in 2009. The article reports the group, which the US and Russia created under the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission, has not met in plenary session for many than a year. We have previously blogged about some of the actions that apparently contributed to the withdrawal, including requiring nonprofits receiving funding from outside of Russia to identify themsevles as foreign agents.
Additional coverage: Reuters; Washington Post.
LHM
February 13, 2013 in Federal – Executive, In the News, International | Permalink
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