UNDESIRABLE EUROPEAN ORGANIZATIONS IN RUSSIA

Undesirable” organizations” are loosely defined under the law as those posing a threat to the country’s “constitutional order, defense potential or state security. It is yet another move to suffocate freedom of expression and association in Russia, and its intended targets are not just foreign organizations but independent civil society in the country.

As of 5 April 2023, the Russian Ministry of Justice considers the organizations here below to be “undesirable”. Russian law gives prosecutors the power to extrajudicially declare foreign and international organizations "undesirable" in Russia and shut them down. Organizations that do not disband when given notice to do so, as well as Russians who maintain ties to them, are subject to high fines and significant jail time.

1. Open Russia Civic Movement, UK, April 2017
2. Open Russia, UK, April 2017
3. Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, Romania, July 2017
4. European Platform for Democratic Elections, Germany, March 2018
5. International Elections Study Center, Lithuania, March 2018
6. People in Need, Czech Republic, November 2019
7. European Endowment for Democracy, Belgium, March 2020
8. European Falun Dafa Association, UK, July 2020
9. Prague Civil Society Centre, Czech Republic, December 2020
10. Association of Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe, France, December 2020
11. Center for Liberal Modernity, Germany, July 2021
12. Forum of Russian-speaking Europeans, Germany, June 2021
13. Austausch (German-Russian Exchange), Germany, June 2021
14. European Choice, France, July 2021
15. Khodorkovsky Foundation, UK, July 2021
16. Oxford Russian Fund, UK, July 2021
17. Future of Russia Foundation, UK, July 2021
18. Freedom of Information Foundation (Team 29), Czech Republic, July 2021
19. International Partnership for Human Rights, Belgium, August 2021
20. New Generation Spiritual Directorate of the Evangelist Christians, Ukraine, August 2021
21. New Generation Evangelical Christian Church, Latvia, August 2021
22. New Generation International Biblical College, Ukraine, August 2021
23. New Generation international Christian movement, Latvia, August 2021
24. European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations, Montenegro, September 2021
25. WOT Foundation, Poland, February 2022
26. Free Idel-Ural, UK, February 2022
27. iStories, Latvia, March 2022
28. Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs), UK, April 2022
29. Crimean Human Rights Group, Ukraine, May 2022
30. Heinrich Böll Foundation, Germany, May 2022
31. Bellingcat, Netherlands, July 2022
32. Bellingcat, UK, July 2022
33. The Insider, Latvia, July 2022
34. Central and Eastern European Law Initiative Institute, Czech Republic, July 2022
35. Open Estonia Foundation, Estonia, July 2022
36. Calvert 22 Foundation, UK, August 2022
37. Dekabristen, Germany, October 2022
38. Open Press, France, November 2022
39. Volodymyr Muntyan Renaissance Charity Foundation, Ukraine, November 2022
40. All-Ukrainian Spiritual Center Renaissance Religious Organization, Ukraine, November 2022
41. Riddle, Lithuania, December 2022
42. Russian Anti-War Committee in Sweden, Sweden, January 2023
43. Meduza, Latvia, February 2023
44. Free Russia Forum, Lithuania, February 2023
45. Free Nations League, Lithuania, March 2023
46. Transparency International, Germany, March 2023
47. Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum, Poland, March 2023
48. Solidarus (Solidarität mit der Bürgerbewegung in Russland), Germany, April 2023
49. CrimeaSOS, Ukraine, April 2023
50. Brïva universitäre (Free University), Latvia, April 2023
51. Bellona Environmental Group, Norway, April 2023
52. EU-Russia Civil Society Forum, Germany, April 2023