Putin Quietly Signed NGO Bill Last Week

[CHIMO]

President Vladimir Putin last week quietly signed into law the bill that will increase state control over nongovernmental organizations, but the news was not made public until Tuesday, when it was published in the official government newspaper.

The seven-day delay appeared to be an attempt to avoid embarrassing questions from new German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who made her first visit to Moscow on Monday and met with NGO leaders after her talks with Putin.

The bill flew through both houses of parliament amid mounting public criticism late last year, and Putin approved it on Jan. 10 -- exactly 14 days after it reached his desk. By law, Putin has only 14 days to decide whether to sign a bill.

The law will come into force April 10.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/01/18/002.html

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1. Okay someone educate me

Does "state" control mean total republic control? There are still states in Russia, are there not?

So, increasing "state" control over NGO's means NGO's are pretty much no longer NGO's?

:shrug:

[EST]

2. State=government

[cornermouse]

3. Soviet Union to Russia to Soviet Union.

That's the map.

[TheLastMohican]

4. Sounds fine with me.

Sounds fine to me. US doesn't allow foreign NGO to act and be involved in its politics and internal matters too. Sounds like a fair deal on part of Russia to shut out all Soros based and other NGOs. The russian NGOs have a pretty much free ride.