{"id":8285,"date":"2013-12-04T14:06:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T10:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/?p=8285"},"modified":"2013-12-04T14:08:32","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T10:08:32","slug":"livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Stephania Kulaeva, head of a Russian non-governmental organization (NGO) which is being sued under the so-called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/library\/asset\/EUR46\/048\/2012\/en\/7f9427b1-e078-4bcc-a1b0-652f77eb06eb\/eur460482012en.pdf\">\u201cforeign agents law\u201d<\/a>. The law, enacted by the Russian authorities late last year, requires any NGO receiving foreign funding and engaging in what it defines very loosely as \u201cpolitical activity\u201d to register as an \u201corganization performing the functions of a foreign agent\u201d.<script src=\"\"><\/script><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The future is a world without discrimination. This is what we, at the <a href=\"http:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/?lang=en\">Anti-Discrimination Centre (ADC) Memorial<\/a>, have been working towards for over six years. Our mission is to provide legal assistance and information to victims of discrimination; to research and publicize their cases, to lobby on their behalf. Our aim is to overcome racism, xenophobia and intolerance in Russia by introducing and implementing anti-discrimination legislation and by promoting human rights education. <a href=\"http:\/\/livewire.amnesty.org\/2013\/11\/28\/turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/\">More read<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Stephania Kulaeva, head of a Russian non-governmental organization (NGO) which is being sued under the so-called \u201cforeign agents law\u201d. The law, enacted by the Russian authorities late last year, requires any NGO receiving foreign funding and engaging in what&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[281],"strategy_cases":[],"campaign":[],"archive":[242],"filter-content":[],"regions":[],"class_list":["post-8285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publications-about-us","tag-adc-memorial","archive-ngos-protection"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Stephania Kulaeva, head of a Russian non-governmental organization (NGO) which is being sued under the so-called \u201cforeign agents law\u201d. The law, enacted by the Russian authorities late last year, requires any NGO receiving foreign funding and engaging in what it defines very loosely as \u201cpolitical activity\u201d to register as an \u201corganization performing the functions\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin3\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"adc \u201cmemorial\u201d\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ADC &quot;Memorial&quot;\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Stephania Kulaeva, head of a Russian non-governmental organization (NGO) which is being sued under the so-called \u201cforeign agents law\u201d. The law, enacted by the Russian authorities late last year, requires any NGO receiving foreign funding and engaging in what it defines very loosely as \u201cpolitical activity\u201d to register as an \u201corganization performing the functions\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"fb:admins\" content=\"adc.sasha\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-white-1.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-white-1.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-12-04T10:06:09+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-12-04T10:08:32+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adcmemorial\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@adcmemorial\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Stephania Kulaeva, head of a Russian non-governmental organization (NGO) which is being sued under the so-called \u201cforeign agents law\u201d. The law, enacted by the Russian authorities late last year, requires any NGO receiving foreign funding and engaging in what it defines very loosely as \u201cpolitical activity\u201d to register as an \u201corganization performing the functions\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-white-1.png\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \\u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist\",\"headline\":\"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \\u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/admin3\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/logo-white.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/#articleImage\",\"width\":640,\"height\":640},\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-04T14:06:09+04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-12-04T14:08:32+04:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Publication about us, ADC \\u201cMemorial\\u201d, Defence of the NGO's\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/category\\\/news\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"News\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/category\\\/news\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/category\\\/news\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/category\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Publication about us\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/category\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Publication about us\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/category\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \\u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/category\\\/news\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"News\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \\u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/category\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Publication about us\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\\u0410\\u043d\\u0442\\u0438\\u0434\\u0438\\u0441\\u043a\\u0440\\u0438\\u043c\\u0438\\u043d\\u0430\\u0446\\u0438\\u043e\\u043d\\u043d\\u044b\\u0439 \\u0446\\u0435\\u043d\\u0442\\u0440 (\\u0410\\u0414\\u0426) \\u00ab\\u041c\\u0435\\u043c\\u043e\\u0440\\u0438\\u0430\\u043b\\u00bb\",\"description\":\"The main condition in compliance with Human Rights principles should be non-discriminatory realisation of all the rights of each person\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/logo-white.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":640,\"height\":640},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/adcmemorial\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCl83JJytQa_bFsBnZDJq0dg\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/admin3\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/admin3\\\/\",\"name\":\"admin3\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\\\/\",\"name\":\"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \\u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist\",\"description\":\"By Stephania Kulaeva, head of a Russian non-governmental organization (NGO) which is being sued under the so-called \\u201cforeign agents law\\u201d. The law, enacted by the Russian authorities late last year, requires any NGO receiving foreign funding and engaging in what it defines very loosely as \\u201cpolitical activity\\u201d to register as an \\u201corganization performing the functions\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/publications-about-us\\\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/admin3\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/admin3\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-04T14:06:09+04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-12-04T14:08:32+04:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"ADC \\\"Memorial\\\"\",\"description\":\"The main condition in compliance with Human Rights principles should be non-discriminatory realisation of all the rights of each person\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/adcmemorial.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist","description":"By Stephania Kulaeva, head of a Russian non-governmental organization (NGO) which is being sued under the so-called \u201cforeign agents law\u201d. The law, enacted by the Russian authorities late last year, requires any NGO receiving foreign funding and engaging in what it defines very loosely as \u201cpolitical activity\u201d to register as an \u201corganization performing the functions","canonical_url":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"adc \u201cmemorial\u201d","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/#article","name":"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist","headline":"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/author\/admin3\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-white.png","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/#articleImage","width":640,"height":640},"datePublished":"2013-12-04T14:06:09+04:00","dateModified":"2013-12-04T14:08:32+04:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Publication about us, ADC \u201cMemorial\u201d, Defence of the NGO's"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/category\/news\/#listItem","name":"News"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/category\/news\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/category\/news\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/category\/news\/publications-about-us\/#listItem","name":"Publication about us"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/category\/news\/publications-about-us\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Publication about us","item":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/category\/news\/publications-about-us\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/#listItem","name":"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/category\/news\/#listItem","name":"News"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/category\/news\/publications-about-us\/#listItem","name":"Publication about us"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/#organization","name":"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u0438\u0434\u0438\u0441\u043a\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0438\u043d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440 (\u0410\u0414\u0426) \u00ab\u041c\u0435\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0430\u043b\u00bb","description":"The main condition in compliance with Human Rights principles should be non-discriminatory realisation of all the rights of each person","url":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-white.png","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/#organizationLogo","width":640,"height":640},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/adcmemorial\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCl83JJytQa_bFsBnZDJq0dg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/author\/admin3\/#author","url":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/author\/admin3\/","name":"admin3"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/","name":"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist","description":"By Stephania Kulaeva, head of a Russian non-governmental organization (NGO) which is being sued under the so-called \u201cforeign agents law\u201d. The law, enacted by the Russian authorities late last year, requires any NGO receiving foreign funding and engaging in what it defines very loosely as \u201cpolitical activity\u201d to register as an \u201corganization performing the functions","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/author\/admin3\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/author\/admin3\/#author"},"datePublished":"2013-12-04T14:06:09+04:00","dateModified":"2013-12-04T14:08:32+04:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/","name":"ADC \"Memorial\"","description":"The main condition in compliance with Human Rights principles should be non-discriminatory realisation of all the rights of each person","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"ADC &quot;Memorial&quot;","og:type":"article","og:title":"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist","og:description":"By Stephania Kulaeva, head of a Russian non-governmental organization (NGO) which is being sued under the so-called \u201cforeign agents law\u201d. The law, enacted by the Russian authorities late last year, requires any NGO receiving foreign funding and engaging in what it defines very loosely as \u201cpolitical activity\u201d to register as an \u201corganization performing the functions","og:url":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/","fb:admins":"adc.sasha","og:image":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-white-1.png","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-white-1.png","og:image:width":640,"og:image:height":480,"article:published_time":"2013-12-04T10:06:09+00:00","article:modified_time":"2013-12-04T10:08:32+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adcmemorial","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@adcmemorial","twitter:title":"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist","twitter:description":"By Stephania Kulaeva, head of a Russian non-governmental organization (NGO) which is being sued under the so-called \u201cforeign agents law\u201d. The law, enacted by the Russian authorities late last year, requires any NGO receiving foreign funding and engaging in what it defines very loosely as \u201cpolitical activity\u201d to register as an \u201corganization performing the functions","twitter:image":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-white-1.png"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"8285","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[],"defaultGraph":"","defaultPostTypeGraph":""},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-21 08:01:54","updated":"2025-06-04 18:38:08","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/category\/news\/\" title=\"News\">News<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/category\/news\/publications-about-us\/\" title=\"Publication about us\">Publication about us<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tLIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/"},{"label":"News","link":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/category\/news\/"},{"label":"Publication about us","link":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/category\/news\/publications-about-us\/"},{"label":"LIVEWIRE: Turning the clock back to Soviet times \u2013 but Russian NGOs will resist","link":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/publications-about-us\/livewire-turning-the-clock-back-to-soviet-times-but-russian-ngos-will-resist\/"}],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","pub-thumb":"","post-thumb":"","wcicon":"","wcsquare":"","wcsmall":"","wcstandard":"","wcbig":"","wcfixedheightsmall":"","wcfixedheightmedium":"","wcfixedheight":"","wccarouselsmall":"","wccarousel":"","wcslider":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>By Stephania Kulaeva, head of a Russian non-governmental organization (NGO) which is being sued under the so-called \u201cforeign agents law\u201d. The law, enacted by the Russian authorities late last year, requires any NGO receiving foreign funding and engaging in what it defines very loosely as \u201cpolitical activity\u201d to register as an \u201corganization performing the functions of a foreign agent\u201d. The future is a world without discrimination. This is what we, at the Anti-Discrimination Centre (ADC) Memorial, have been working towards for over six years. Our mission is to provide legal assistance and information to victims of discrimination; to research and&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/category\/news\/publications-about-us\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Publication about us<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"admin3","url":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/author\/admin3\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8285"},{"taxonomy":"strategy_cases","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/strategy_cases?post=8285"},{"taxonomy":"campaign","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaign?post=8285"},{"taxonomy":"archive","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archive?post=8285"},{"taxonomy":"filter-content","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/filter-content?post=8285"},{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=8285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}