The Ministry of Justice suspended the activities of the Voice, which was not registered with a "foreign agent"

The activities of the Voter Voter Protection Association, which have already managed to finalize 300 thousand rubles, was suspended for six months. The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation again punished the NPO for the fact that the Voice did not want to register as a "foreign agent".

"The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in Moscow has decided to suspend the activities of the Association of Non -Profit Organizations" Voice Voters "Voice due to the fact that the association did not submit an application to include it in the register of non -profit organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent," the Ministry of Justice’s press service said .

Thus, until December 25, 2013, the Voice will not be able to carry out public events and use bank deposits. The Ministry of Justice explained that it was now impossible to “vote”: “In the event of suspension of the activities of a non -profit organization performing the functions of a foreign agent, its rights as the founder of the media are suspended, it is prohibited from conducting mass shares and public events. A ban on the use of bank deposits, with the exception of settlements on business and labor contracts, compensation for losses, paying taxes, taxes, paying taxes fees and fines. "

"Voice" for such a decision of the ministry was ready

However, the measures of the ministry did not very frighten the leaders of the Voice. According to representatives of the organization, they have been waiting for this decision for a long time and it will not affect the activities of NPOs, RIA Novosti reports.

“I learned about this decision last week. These are the predicted actions of the Ministry of Justice. This does not in any way impose restrictions on the creation of a new organization. In particular, we create a public association without registration that will engage in the organization and observe the elections,” said Grigory Melkogonyans, Deputy Executive Director of the Association.

The coordinator of projects for observing the Voice election Roman Udot explained: "We are not surprised by the decision of the Ministry of Justice to suspend the activities of our association. They have long sought for this." “However, we will continue to act as an unregistered association, this is quite possible. We are preparing for this and will watch the elections of the mayor of Moscow and the governor of the Moscow Region,” he assured.

In turn, Malkonants confirmed that the Voice association was ready for such a turn of events. “Last week, we knew that the Ministry of Justice would make such a decision,” ITAR -TASS reports the words of Roman Ventut. “This decision demonstrates the minista’s addiction and will help to appeal the decisions made by the courts in the ECHR,” he emphasized.

Earlier, the representative of the Voice Ramil Akhmetgaliev insisted in court that the association was not engaged in political activities, does not receive funding from abroad and, therefore, cannot be a foreign agent. However, the court did not heed the arguments of the representative of the first non -profit organization , in respect of which, after the adoption of the new legislation, an administrative case was instituted in Russia and a fine was imposed.

The CEC of Russia hastened to comment on the decision of the Ministry of Justice, saying that it has nothing to do with the upcoming one day of voting, Interfax reports. “Legally there is no connection with the electoral process,” Elena Dubrovina, a member of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, said on Wednesday. The Voice Association is a public organization, and the Ministry of Justice made a decision within its competence, ”she added.