Feedback The article by ADC Memorial expert Olga Abramenko in the Moscow Times is devoted to the Russia’s law on “foreign agents”, which has been tightened again, allowing for criminal prosecution after only a single administrative fine. Previously, a criminal case could be preceded by two administrative infringements. This is far from the first and probably not the last change to the notorious law — the tail of this cat is being cut off piece by piece.
<…> On the few international platforms where Russia has not yet been expelled, the “foreign agent” law has been consistently condemned. The United Nations has repeatedly called for its repeal, which is unsurprising given that the first organizations persecuted under the law were those cooperating with the UN. Their “offense” was submitting alternative reports to the UN Committee Against Torture before the legislation even existed. The Kremlin later applied the law retroactively. <…>