NGO Crackdown and the 'Foreign Agent' Legislation (2006–2015)

1. Putin signs restrictive NGO law amendments

   Jan 10, 2006Labels: Vladimir Putin, NGO Law

   • RSF
   • Heritage
   • ICNL

2. New NGO law regime takes effect

   Apr 17, 2006Labels: NGO Law, Re-registration

   • RFE RL
   • Heritage

3. “Foreign agent” amendments signed into law

   Jul 20, 2012Labels: Foreign agent, Non-profit NGOs

   • LoC
   • NHC

4. “Foreign agent” law comes into force

   Nov 21, 2012Labels: Foreign agent, NGO compliance

   • Amnesty
   • NHC

5. Dima Yakovlev Law adds U.S.-linked NGO limits

   Dec 28, 2012Labels: Dima Yakovlev, U S

   • HRW
   • Wikipedia

6. Mass NGO inspections begin across Russia

   Mar 19, 2013Labels: Inspections, Prosecutor s

   • HRW
   • MoscowTimes

7. Election watchdog Golos targeted in early enforcement

   Apr 13, 2013Labels: Golos, Election monitoring

   • WashPost
   • RBTH

8. Amnesty reports year of inspections and closures

   Nov 20, 2013Labels: Amnesty International, NGO inspections

   • Amnesty
   • MoscowTimes

9. Constitutional Court upholds “foreign agents” law

   Apr 8, 2014Labels: Constitutional Court, Foreign agent

   • HRW
   • JURIST

10. Justice Ministry empowered to label NGOs unilaterally

    Jun 4, 2014Labels: Ministry of, Legal amendments

    • HRW
    • MoscowTimes
    • Wikipedia

11. Justice Ministry begins adding NGOs to the register

    Jun 9, 2014Labels: Ministry of, Foreign agent

    • HRW
    • Wikipedia

12. “Undesirable organizations” law signed and enacted

    May 23, 2015Labels: Undesirable law, Foreign organizations

    • HRW
    • Amnesty
    • Wikipedia