UMongameli waseRussia u-Vladimir Putin ubukeka ezimisele ngokucindezela izinhlangano ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni (NGO) ezixhaswe ngemali yangaphandle, izinhlelo ezixhaswe kwamanye amazwe, kanye nezikhungo zabezindaba ezinokwesekwa okuqondile kwezezimali okuvela e-United States of America noma nganoma iyiphi iphrojekthi yase-US esebenza eYurophu.
UMongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin usayine ngoJulayi umthetho ophoqa izinhlangano ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni ukuthi zibambe iqhaza kwezepolitiki ngezimali zakwamanye amazwe ukuthi zibhekwe “njengamanxusa angaphandle.” Lo mthetho awuzange uthathwe ngokungathi sína kakhulu yizinhlangano zasentshonalanga nakuba umthetho omusha uzosebenza ngoNovemba 2012. Ngaphansi kwalo mthetho omusha, ama-NGO kuzodingeka ashicilele umbiko kabili ngonyaka ngemisebenzi yawo futhi enze ucwaningo lwezezimali lwaminyaka yonke. Ukwehluleka ukuthobela umthetho kungase kuphumele ekugwetshweni iminyaka emine ejele kanye/noma inhlawulo efinyelela kuma-ruble angu-300,000 (US$9,200).
Lo mthetho omusha wabonakala ngo-September 19, lapho uhulumeni waseRussia ethi yonke imisebenzi ye-USAID “kumelwe imiswe kusukela ngo-October 1 eRussia.” IRussia isole ukuthi isikhungo se-USAID sifuna ukuba nomthelela kwezepolitiki yakuleli, yengeza ngokuthi le nhlangano kwakumele imise yonke imisebenzi kuze kube u-Okthoba 1.
NgoLwesihlanu, kwafika izindaba zokuthi iRadio Free Europe - iRadio Liberty - izomisa ukusakazwa kwamagagasi amaphakathi eMoscow ngoNovemba 10 futhi izoshintshela ekusakazeni nge-inthanethi ye-multimedia, kusho uYelena Glushkova, inhloko yehhovisi lesiteshi somsakazo eRussia.
U-Yelena Glushkova uthe lesi sinqumo singenxa yomthetho waseRussia ovimbela ukusakazwa komsakazo eRussia yizinkampani ezingaphezu kwamaphesenti amahlanu eziphethwe abantu bangaphandle noma izinhlangano ezisemthethweni.
“Sikulowo mkhakha wezinkampani. Njengoba besihlale sigcina imithetho yaseRussia, sizoqhubeka nokuyigcina ngokuzayo,” kusho uGlushkova, “Sisebenza ngesu le-multimedia, okusho ukuthi sizosebenzisa i-inthanethi njengendawo ebalulekile yokusakaza emsakazweni,” kusho yena.
UGlushkova uthe lo msakazo unciphise abasebenzi ngenxa yokushintshela ekusakazeni ama-multimedia. UMasha Gessen, ozoba ngumqondisi walo msakazo eRussia ngo-Okthoba 1, utshele abezindaba ukuthi akahlanganise lutho nokuxoshwa kwalaba. I-Radio Liberty ingumsakazi oxhaswe yi-US Congress. Ikomkhulu layo lisePrague. Ngomhla zizi-4 kuJulayi, 1950, iRadio Free Europe (RFE) yasakaza okokuqala ngqa ngokusakaza ku-Czechoslovakia yamakhomanisi isuka estudiyo e-Empire State Building eNew York City. Isiteshi sisayine ngesithembiso sokuletha izindaba "ngosiko lwaseMelika lokukhuluma ngokukhululeka." Namuhla, iRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) ifinyelela cishe abantu abayizigidi ezingu-20 ngezilimi ezingu-28 namazwe angu-21 ahlanganisa iRussia, Belarus, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, kanye nePakistan isebenzisa izindlela ezihlanganisa amathuluzi obuchwepheshe obuphezulu, isb, ummeleli. amaseva, isofthiwe yeklayenti, amasiginali wesathelayithi, ukubethela kwewebhu, nama-firewall. UNobhala Wezwe laseMelika u-Hillary Clinton wathi ngonyaka odlule ngesikhathi evakashele ekomkhulu le-RFE/RL ePrague, “i-RFE/RL ingamandla ahlakaniphile. Imele konke esizama ukukuzuza.”
Amaqembu alwela amalungelo aseRussia azizwa esongelwa yilezi zigameko kanti iqembu leRight-wing "Memorial" lithe ngoLwesihlanu esitatimendeni ngeke lihambisane nomthetho omusha okungenzeka ukuthi liwubeke njenge "ejenti yangaphandle."
“Isikhumbuzo ngeke sibambe iqhaza esenzweni okuhloswe ngaso ukucekela phansi umphakathi waseRussia, futhi ngeke sisabalalise imininingwane engamanga ngamabomu. Uma [iziphathimandla] zifuna ukuba inhlangano yethu ifakwe ohlwini lwamanxusa angaphandle, sizokuphikisa lokhu, okokuqala ezinkantolo,” kusho uSikhumbuzo esitatimendeni, “Siyinhlangano elwela amalungelo abantu, futhi sizokwenza konke. ukuvikela umthetho oholwa ngumthetho,” kusho yena.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- If [the authorities] demand that our organization be put on a list of foreign agents, we will oppose this, first of all in courts,” Memorial said in a statement, “We are a human rights organization,n and we will do everything to defend the law being guided by the law,” it said.
- Russian rights groups feel threatened by these developments and Right-wing group “Memorial” said on Friday in a statement that it will not comply with the new law that is likely to class it as “a foreign agent.
- As we have always observed Russian laws, we will continue to observe them in future,” Glushkova said, “We are working on a multimedia strategy, which means we will use the internet as the key radio broadcasting site,” she said.
