In Kaliningrad, supporters of the Open Russia movement were summoned to the prosecutor's office

In Kaliningrad, Open Russia activists were invited to talks at the district prosecutor's offices at their addresses. This was reported on the website of the movement.

At the prosecutor's office, activists are given a "warning of possible consequences" and are told that Open Russia has been recognized as an undesirable organization in Russia.

In fact, in April, Public several organizations related to Mikhail Khodorkovsky were declared undesirable: OR Otkrytaya Rossia (“Open Russia”), Institute of Modern Russia, Inc (“Institute of Modern Russia”), Open Russia Civic Movement, Open Russia ( network movement "Open Russia").

According to the official representative of the Prosecutor General's Office, these organizations do not have branches in Russia. According to the lawyers of the Moscow branch of Open Russia, the decision of the prosecutor's office does not apply to the Russian public network movement Open Russia.

The norms of Russian legislation regulating and defining issues related to "undesirable organizations" are extremely vague. The law does not contain specific reasons for recognizing an organization as "undesirable".

Possible reasons for this recognition are formulated using abstract concepts like "national security" and "the foundations of the constitutional order." In this case, the decision is made by the Prosecutor General's Office without explaining the motives and applying to the court.

The ability to make such decisions without justification actually deprives organizations that are recognized as “undesirable” of the right to complain to the court. The participation of a specific person in the activities of an “undesirable” organization is also not clearly defined, which potentially opens up prospects for administrative and criminal prosecution only due to the fact that a person simply came into contact with information or activity emanating from an “undesirable” source.