MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has declared Greenpeace an “undesirable organization”.
The organization has tried to interfere in the state’s internal affairs and is engaged in anti-Russian propaganda by demanding sanctions against Russia, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office justified its decision on Friday. This effectively bans the further activities of Greenpeace in Russia. The environmental protection organization, which is active in more than 50 countries worldwide, could not initially be reached for a statement.
The designation “undesirable” has been applied to numerous foreign organizations and groups in Russia since the introduction of this legal classification in 2015. It often serves as a precursor to a full ban by the Justice Department. In addition to Greenpeace, the public prosecutor’s office had declared Transparency International and the Sakharov Foundation as “undesirable” this year.
Russia had already initiated criminal proceedings against Greenpeace activists in 2013. The background was an attempt to board an oil rig owned by the state energy giant Gazprom in the Arctic Ocean to protest against oil production in the Arctic. In addition, environmental activists from Greenpeace tried last year to prevent a tanker from delivering Russian oil to Norway. According to the environmental organization, the activists chained themselves to the ship in protest against the Russian war in Ukraine. According to the company, the tanker was in front of the Exxon Mobile oil terminal about 70 kilometers south of Oslo.
(Reuters report, written by Nette Nöstlinger, edited by Christian Rüttger. If you have any questions, please contact our editorial team at [email protected])
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