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The Prosecutor General's Office has declared the British Royal Institute of International Affairs undesirable
The Prosecutor General's Office has declared the British research organization Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) undesirable in Russia. About this in the telegram channel of the Prosecutor General's Office.
reported “Based on the results of studying the received materials, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation made a decision to recognize the activities of the international non-governmental organization The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House, “Royal Institute of International Relations”) (Great Britain) as undesirable on Russian territory,” the department writes. “It has been established that the activities of the British organization pose a threat to the constitutional order and security of the Russian Federation.”
The British think tank is a membership platform for discussion and publication of research on politics and international relations. Russian political scientists regularly speak at the center's events, including Ekaterina Shulman and Nikolai Petrov.
At the end of March, Chatham House survey data from residents of Belarus about their attitude to the military conflict in Ukraine. According to the study, only 3% of respondents would support Belarus joining hostilities on the side of Russia. The majority of respondents had a negative attitude towards the deployment of Russian weapons on the territory of the country.
In 2015, Chatham House published an analytical report “The Russian Challenge”, dedicated to the foreign policy of the Russian Federation in 2000–2015. As part of the report, the institute prepared recommendations for Western countries to counter aggressive Russian aspirations.