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IREX Hosts First Public Lecture on New Amendments to Russian NGO Regulation
March 5, 2006

 Since their ratification on January 19, 2006, the new amendments to NGO legislation in Russia have caused a stir among domestic and international NGOs. Forcing changes in several existing laws regulating NGO activity, the new amendments provide a convoluted set of regulations on many aspects of NGO activity including registration, inspection, cause for closure, and foreign participation in domestic NGO activity.
Russian NGO Conference Moves to Build Thematic Alliances and Improve Government Relations to Influence Social Policy
January 9, 2006
Victor Pohmelkin, the State Duma Deputy and member of the Duma Committee

As debate over the controversial Russian NGO law heated up in the Duma, USAID-sponsored Russian Civil Society Support Program (CSSP) hosted its first NGO conference, entitled “Public Dialogue in Social Policy Development,” in Moscow on December 5, 2005.