Amnesty International says there are no rent arrears

On November 2, the Russian office of Amnetsy International in Moscow was sealed , later the Moscow authorities explained this by the expired lease and the alleged presence of payment debts on the part of the organization. on his Facebook page The head of the Moscow office, Sergey Nikitin, stated that the information about the rent arrears is not true.

It's a lie that we didn't pay rent. In the spring, we reconciled payments at the Moscow City Property Office, where it was confirmed that everything was fine, the amount of rent that was billed to us was correct. We paid regularly, the last payment was for October. We have all payment documents,

Sergey Nikitin told the Caucasian Knot publication. Amnesty International sent an appeal to the head of the Moscow City Property Department with a request to open the office and allow employees to work there. If the situation is not resolved, the organization intends to go to court.