Location:
Liu Institute for Global Issues – Research Room (1st floor)
6476 North West Marine Drive
Join us for this engaging talk with Dr. Olga Rosenblum, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow.
With the Russian “foreign agent” law that went into effect on November 20, 2012, non-profit organizations that receive foreign donations and are perceived to shape public opinion are required to register as so-called “foreign agents”. Many non-profit organizations have refused to register themselves. However, since May 2014, the Ministry of Justice has the right to identify foreign agents (at this time more than 100 organizations are in the list). The new draft legislation that is currently being discussed in the Russian parliament makes no distinction between non-partisan organizations which receive foreign funds in order to support humanitarian projects, and those with explicit political aims; soon all non-governmental organizations could be forced to curtail their work. The efforts of one NGO, the Civic Assistance Committee, which promotes the rights of migrant adults and children, will be discussed in this context.
Please RSVP.
A light lunch will be included.
Co-sponsored by the Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies, Eurasian States and Societies: Past and Present lecture series at Green College, Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC
