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Russian science foundation shuts down after being branded 'foreign agent'
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Russian science foundation shuts down after being branded 'foreign agent'
Luke Harding and agencies in Moscow
Wednesday 8 July 2015 16.00 BST
A Russian foundation that gave grants to young scientists and mathematicians has been forced to close down after it was branded a “foreign agent”, under a controversial Kremlin law.
In a one-line statement on its website the Dynasty Foundation in Moscow announced on Monday that it was “liquidating” all of its activities. The foundation had been operating since 2002 and had sponsored numerous scientific grants and prizes.
Its 82-year-old founder Dmitry Zimin – a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded Beeline, one of Russia’s biggest mobile networks – left the country last month and is now in exile abroad, according to media reports in Russia.
The foundation is the latest victim of a 2012 law, which requires all non-governmental organisations that receive western funding to register as foreign agents – a term that implies the organisations are involved in spying.
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Luke Harding and agencies in Moscow
Wednesday 8 July 2015 16.00 BST
A Russian foundation that gave grants to young scientists and mathematicians has been forced to close down after it was branded a “foreign agent”, under a controversial Kremlin law.
In a one-line statement on its website the Dynasty Foundation in Moscow announced on Monday that it was “liquidating” all of its activities. The foundation had been operating since 2002 and had sponsored numerous scientific grants and prizes.
Its 82-year-old founder Dmitry Zimin – a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded Beeline, one of Russia’s biggest mobile networks – left the country last month and is now in exile abroad, according to media reports in Russia.
The foundation is the latest victim of a 2012 law, which requires all non-governmental organisations that receive western funding to register as foreign agents – a term that implies the organisations are involved in spying.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/08/russian-science-dynasty-foundation-branded-foreign-agent-kremlin