The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has declared the activities of the international non-governmental environmental organization Bellona*, based in Norway, undesirable. On this subject reported on the department’s website.
According to the General Prosecutor’s Office, the activities of Bellona* “are aimed at undermining the Russian economy, discrediting the domestic and foreign policy pursued by the authorities, destabilizing the socio-political situation of the country and threatening the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the Russian Federation.”
According to the department, Bellona* funds nonprofits recognized in Russia as “foreign agents” and attempts to change Russian laws.
Public opinion is formed on the failure of Russian environmental policy, as well as on the incompetence of the Russian gas and oil industries, which aim to stop any interaction with them at the international level. Since the start of the special military operation of the Russian Federation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, the fund has been actively involved in the anti-Russian information campaign and discredits the armed forces of the Russian Federation,” the attorney general’s office.
Bellona* is headquartered in Oslo. According to the organization’s website, it has closed its offices in Russia because the military operation in Ukraine prevents it from continuing to work.
On March 10, the Russian Ministry of Justice recognized the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF**) as a “foreign agent”. The organization called the decision unreasonable and promised to challenge it in court.
- recognized as undesirable in Russia
** registered in the register of foreign agents
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