The Russian Attorney General announced on Monday that it had banned the Amnesty International Group of the Human Rights Group as a “undesirable organization”, accused of supporting Ukraine against Russia.
London -based 1961, Amnesty International Human Rights campaigns around the world, including on behalf of those who repeat prisoners of conscience.
In his statement, the Russian Prosecutor said that the Amnesty International Office in London is a “global project to prepare project” and accused it of defending Ukraine, which is in the war of Russia, and “do everything that can be intensified to intensify the military confrontation in the region.”
The prosecutor said: “They justify the crimes of the new Ukrainian Nazis, and they asked for an increase in their financing and insist on the political and economic isolation of our country.”
Regular Russian authorities accuse Ukraine of being dominated by “New Nazis”, an accusation seen in Ukraine, the West and other countries such as unbridled propaganda.
A Amnesty International He did not immediately respond to the request for comment.
Russia regularly appoints organizations, according to it, its national security as “undesirable”. The appointment determines penalties of up to five years in prison for Russian citizens who work with custom groups or financing them.
Pre -banned organizations such as RFE/RL Radio funded by the United States government and Greenpeace International Environment include.
