Einschlägige Links zu den auch
bei MEMORIAL International am 21.03.2013 durchgeführten Untersuchungen sowie die Erklärung des Lenkungsausschusses
des EU-Russland-Forums für Zivilgesellschaft finden Sie hier:
http://www.president-sovet.ru/news/3800/
- Schreiben des Vorsitzenden des
russischen Menschenrechtsrats, Michail Fedotov, an den Generalstaatsanwalt im Zusammenhang
mit den Überprüfungen von NGO’s; weitere Erklärungen auf
Statement by the Steering
Committee of the EU Russia Civil Society Forum
The Steering Committee of the
EU-Russia Civil Society Forum is seriously concerned about massive inspections
of non-profit organisations currently conducted in Russia.
Over the past couple of weeks
reviewers have visited dozens, if not hundreds, of organisations in Moscow,
Orenburg, Penza, Saratov and Rostov provinces, Krasnodar, Primorsky, Perm and
Altai territories, and in St. Petersburg; many of the visited organisations are
members of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum.
Some cases were limited to an
inspection conducted by prosecutors, while some others also involved an
extensive inspection of specialists from the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry
of Internal Affairs, the FSB, the Ministry of Emergencies, Rospotrebnadzor (the
Federal Service for Supervision of Protection of Consumer Rights and Human
Well-Being), and the Tax Inspectorate. The inspectors were not always willing
to provide any documents to justify the inspection. At times they mentioned a
request from the General Prosecutor's Office to check NGOs' compliance with the
federal law on countering extremist activity.
However, the massive nature
of the inspections raises questions. Is it possible that the prosecutors had
simultaneously received information about alleged extremist activities in
hundreds of organisations?
We are also outraged by the
way these inspections have been conducted. Organisations have been given
between three and six days for preparation and submission of required
documents. In some cases, inspectors have stayed in the NGO's office to view
and copy documents for further study. The requested documents vary in content
and in volume (from five to a few dozen items on the list), and always include
an item concerning the sources of funding. The wording is often vague,
preventing full and comprehensive understanding of the prosecutorial
requirements; e.g. some lists of requested documents contain an item described
as 'other documents about the organisation's activities'. The inspection
process paralyses the NGO's ability to do the work it was established to
perform.
Today, inspectors came to the
International Memorial Society, accompanied by a film crew of the NTV
television channel, notorious for its sensationalism and propaganda against
critics of the government.
We recognize that the Russian
Prosecutor's Office has the right, as part of its supervisory mandate, to
review any legal entity's compliance with the Russian law. However, the massive
nature of these inspections, coupled with short deadlines to provide a huge
amount of documents, vague and non-exhaustive lists of requirements, and TV
crews coming along clearly suggest a campaign against civil society
organisations. We strongly believe that such practices are unacceptable.
We urge the Russian
authorities to provide clear and accurate explanation of the massive
inspections. We urge to stop the pressure against Russian non-profit organisations.
EU-Russia Civil Society Forum
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