Russia will not extend registration for Czech humanitarian organization People in Need, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during talks with his counterpart Cyril Svoboda, Czech Radio 1 reported.
The Russian side explained the move by saying that soldiers found a rather large quantity of arms and a wanted criminal in the People in Need’s Grozny office last year.
Lavrov, however, said he did not want to accuse the Czech humanitarian agency. He pointed out that it was possible that the organization chose untrustworthy collaborators for its activity.
People in Need will not obtain its new registration until the investigation is completed.
The Czech humanitarian organization is not the only organization facing registration problems in Russia as an amendment to the law on NGOs in the Russian Federation is being drafted, which is likely to significantly curtail their activities.
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