Russian NGOs to lose American funding as USAID closes

  • 12 years ago
The US is to close the Russian operations of its Agency for International Development to comply with a new law.

In July, the Russian parliament passed a bill restricting the funding of local non-governmental organisations from abroad.

The NGO Golos, which exposed electoral fraud during last year's parliamentary elections, is one of the groups whose funding will be cut.

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