The Moscow court, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, decided to liquidate the election observation fund

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow ruled to liquidate the League of Voters foundation. The case file is this . was the first to report on the court’s website; Golos member Vitaly Averin

“The decision was made in our absence, despite the fact that an application was sent to the court to postpone the consideration of the case. Judge Galina Grafova ignored our application, although on that day and at the same time I, as the executive director of the fund, and our legal representative were in another trial,” Averin noted.

In 2020, the Ministry of Justice included the fund in the register of “foreign agents” due to a donation of 225 rubles from a Moldovan citizen. The organization collects donations for public observation of elections, including with the participation of the “Voice” movement.

Golos itself was recognized as a “foreign agent” in mid-August of this year - a month before the State Duma elections; The movement became the first in the register of “unregistered public associations” - “foreign agents”.