
The Dynasty Foundation announced a self -index. According to the NGO website, the decision was made at a meeting of the Council of the Fund on Sunday.
Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin is regretted about the closure of the fund. "No prohibition decisions regarding the fund were made. The status of a foreign agent does not imply a ban," he said.
On Tuesday, the Human Rights Council published the response of the head of the Ministry of Justice Alexander Konovalov to his appeal regarding the inclusion of the fund in the register of "foreign agents". According to the minister, the political activity of the "dynasty" consisted in financing the Liberal Mission Foundation, which, in turn, participated in the organization and conduct of political actions, including using modern information technologies.
On May 25, the Ministry of Justice included the Dynasty Foundation in the Register of Foreign Agents . At the same time, the fund existed not with foreign money, but at the funds of its founder Dmitry Zimin, posted on foreign accounts.
Representatives of the Fund emphasized that the work of the organization is not a political nature. NPOs acts in the field of education, science, culture.
After making a fund to the register, Zimin said that he was stopping funding the fund . “Of course, I will not spend my personal money under the brand of an unknown foreign state,” he said. Zimin explained that he could change his decision, but only if the Ministry of Justice rescues the decision to recognize the "dynasty" by a foreign agent, and he will personally apologize.
For several days at the end of May, Russian teachers and scientists held a series of single pickets in front of the Dynasty in front of the Ministry of Justice of the Ministry of Justice.
On June 1, the Presidential Council for Human Rights apologized to Zimin and Yasin for the fact that their Dynasty and Liberal Mission funds are included in the register of foreign agents. The authors of the statement called them the true patriots of Russia, people with an impeccable reputation.
On June 8, the Independent Public Council of the Dynasty Foundationpostponed the decision on the termination or continuation of its activities. A source close to the leadership of the Fund said that the organization’s heads decided to take a break to try to find investors and save a unique fund. According to the source, the structure of the leading bodies of the fund is arranged so that Zimin cannot make sole decision on the closure.
On June 17, the court fined the Dynasty and Liberal Mission funds for 300 thousand rubles each. The court satisfied the Ministry of Justice's claim to bring NPO to administrative responsibility under part 1 of Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the procedure for the non -profit organization that performs the function of a “foreign agent”).