Neuer Abstract:
Since some years activists in Russia are faced to harsh repression by Russian authorities. With the "foreign agent" and "extremism" laws tools have been implemented to oppress and eliminate organizations and movements being critical towards the state, but also any of those somehow disturbing the political powers. In this context legal organizations de facto get banned should they be categorized as "foreign agents", because a continuation of their work under these conditions is almost impossible. With vague accusations even individuals expressing criticism are threatened with perennial imprisonment and virtually vanish into thin air. Environmental and human rights groups as well as any progressive organizations shall be stigmatized as spies and discredited publicly.
This article covers the recently notified "foreign agent" accusation against the Murmansk human rights organization "Humanistic Youth Movement" (GDM).
