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Hundreds of Russian civil society activists work in nongovernmental organizations on behalf of causes – such as human rights, environmentalism, and legal defense against official abuses – that often bring them into friction with the authorities. Key problems for activists have been laws which require any “politically active” group that receives funding from abroad to register as a “foreign agent.” Failure to do so means fines and possible closure. Why We Wrote This The Kremlin has spent almost a decade labeling civil society groups as “foreign agents,” and is now applying it to individuals. Do activists find that they have been hampered by the stigma?

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