The European Commission ruled on Tuesday that the Kremlin’s declaration of the Andrei Sakharov Foundation as “undesirable” is in line with Russia’s “operation of repression against every critical and independent voice”.
“It is the continuation of the repression operation against any critical or independent voice”insisted the spokesperson of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Peter Stano, after raising the issue at a press conference in Brussels (Belgium).
Peter Stano added that the The attack on critical voices has only one goal: “Silence them.”
And “all this is happening in parallel with the illegal and unjustified aggression of Ukraine”.
Moscow declared the Andrey Sakharov Foundation “undesirable” on Monday.
Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement that the foundation’s activities “threaten the constitutional basis and security” of the Russian Federation, without specifying its activities.
Since the invasion of Ukraine began nearly a year ago, the Kremlin has made progress with policies to suppress dissent, particularly from the military or from people who use terms other than “special military operation” when they talk about the war in Ukrainian. area.
Opponents, human rights groups, scientists and writers, among others, are on the list of people targeted by the Kremlin, who ended up in court and were detained.
The information made available by the Russian Public Prosecutor’s Office does not indicate what consequences the designation may have for the Andrey Sakharov Foundation.
Source: DN
