Russia moves to adopt changes to "espionage law"
The Russian Duma adopted amendments to the so-called law on spies, which reports said targets NGOs working with foreigners.
Saturday, 22.09.2012.
18:03
MOSCOW The Russian Duma adopted amendments to the so-called law on spies, which reports said targets NGOs working with foreigners. Human rights groups consider it "an attack on freedom". Russia moves to adopt changes to "espionage law" The lower house of the Russian parliament on Frisday was almost unanimously passed the bill's first of three readings, which is in line with the decision made by President Vladimir Putin to use the law describe as "foreign agents" of the local groups that are financed from abroad, the AFP said. The French news agency notes that Putin is a former KGB agent, who has accused Washington of financing a wave of protests "against his 12 year rule" last winter. The reports adds that "recently the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia shut down American aid agency (USAID)". The Duma decision went "without any announcement in state media", said AFP, with only the business newspaper Vedomosti reporting about it on its website. The very sensitive measures are specifically related to the definition of the term "spy", and "state treason" - the two most serious offenses in Russia, which carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years. In the revised text of the law, the definition of "spies" has been expanded and includes those Russian citizens who help foreign states or organizations in disrupting "the constitutional order, sovereignty and territorial and national integrity". The current law only mentions actions that "harm the external security of the Russian Federation" and does not mention domestic policy. Human rights groups stated that the extension of the provisions could be directed against groups such as "Memorial" and the others, "working on the introduction of a wider pluralism in the Russian society". "Memorial" was particularly active regarding the violence in the North Caucasus and defended entire families against charges of terrorism and other charges related to Islamic extremists, noted the French agency. The pressure against the group, and other organizations, further increased this week when the Russian Central Bank drafted a request to financial institutions to notify it about any assistance being transfered from abroad to NGOs. This proposal de facto equates such financing to money laundering and terrorist activities, the AFP reported. (Tanjug, file) Tanjug
Russia moves to adopt changes to "espionage law"
The lower house of the Russian parliament on Frisday was almost unanimously passed the bill's first of three readings, which is in line with the decision made by President Vladimir Putin to use the law describe as "foreign agents" of the local groups that are financed from abroad, the AFP said.The French news agency notes that Putin is a former KGB agent, who has accused Washington of financing a wave of protests "against his 12 year rule" last winter.
The reports adds that "recently the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia shut down American aid agency (USAID)".
The Duma decision went "without any announcement in state media", said AFP, with only the business newspaper Vedomosti reporting about it on its website.
The very sensitive measures are specifically related to the definition of the term "spy", and "state treason" - the two most serious offenses in Russia, which carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years.
In the revised text of the law, the definition of "spies" has been expanded and includes those Russian citizens who help foreign states or organizations in disrupting "the constitutional order, sovereignty and territorial and national integrity".
The current law only mentions actions that "harm the external security of the Russian Federation" and does not mention domestic policy.
Human rights groups stated that the extension of the provisions could be directed against groups such as "Memorial" and the others, "working on the introduction of a wider pluralism in the Russian society".
"Memorial" was particularly active regarding the violence in the North Caucasus and defended entire families against charges of terrorism and other charges related to Islamic extremists, noted the French agency.
The pressure against the group, and other organizations, further increased this week when the Russian Central Bank drafted a request to financial institutions to notify it about any assistance being transfered from abroad to NGOs.
This proposal de facto equates such financing to money laundering and terrorist activities, the AFP reported.
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