The Ministry of Justice added the Legal Initiative to the list of “foreign agents”

The Ministry of Justice has included the Legal Initiative Foundation in the register of non-profit organizations performing the functions of a “foreign agent,” according to the department’s website.

The report says that the compliance of the NPO with the characteristics of a “foreign agent” was established by the department of the department for Ingushetia during an unscheduled documentary check.

After the same check, was added the fund “Public Fund for Social Development “Genesis”” to the register. The organization’s website states that the foundation works in the field of conflict prevention and resolution in the North Caucasus.

The “Legal Initiative” is engaged in the protection of human rights; the work of human rights activists also includes cases of residents of the Caucasus. Lawyers and lawyers from this foundation defended participants in the Ingush protests.