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China, Russia, and NGOs

Russia’s January 2006 law limiting the operation of NGOs, especially those with foreign funding, has earned her pariah status.  What Western audiences rarely hear is that Russia has good reasons to crack down on some NGOs. A network of high-profile, internationally funded NGOs (specifically, the Russian Privatization Center and its offshoots) were instrumental in the...