Business programme
29.06.2022
12:15–13:00

Foreign Agent: The Concept and Legislative Regulation of the Status

Презентация

Passage, Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation stand
People and Law
Broadcast
The concept of a foreign agent was initially introduced into legislation in 2012. At first, the term was to be used for certain non-profit organizations. This step was taken due to the need to inform society about organizations conducting political activities while receiving funding from outside Russia. Later, the term was expanded to cover individuals and unregistered associations, as well as Russian and foreign legal entities. This was due to the fact that participation in political or outreach activities while receiving money and property from foreign sources was not restricted to non-profit organizations. This session will examine the following aspects in relation to foreign agents:
• Regulating the activities of foreign agents.
• The concept of a foreign agent and criteria for adding them to a register.
• Grounds for exempting an entity/individual from the register of foreign agents.
• The obligations of foreign agents.
• Restrictions applied to foreign agents.
• Liability for violating Russian law on foreign agents.

Moderator

Maria Butina
Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Panellist

Roman Tsyganov
Deputy Director of the Department for Non-Commercial Organizations of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

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