Cover Osteuropa 8-9/2021

In Osteuropa 8-9/2021

Discrimination across the Board
Russia’s Law on “Foreign Agents”

OVD-Info


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Abstract

Since 2012, Russia has had legislation on “foreign agents”. This contradicts the Russian constitution and violates international conventions. Contradictory legal provisions, unclear criteria for classification as a “foreign agent”, the constant expansion of lists among non-profit organizations, independent media, and individuals, as well as administrative arbitrariness create an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty. A decline of civil society, a decrease in transparency and citizen control, and a deterioration in communication between the authorities and society can be observed. This leads to increasingly poor governance.

(Osteuropa 8-9/2021, pp. 241–248)