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Russia makes U-turn after evicting Amnesty from Moscow office
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Thu Nov 3, 2016 | 4:32pm EDT
Russia makes U-turn after evicting Amnesty from Moscow office
By Svetlana Reiter and Vladimir Soldatkin | MOSCOW
Human rights group Amnesty International can return to the Moscow office it was evicted from this week, a Kremlin human rights adviser said on Thursday after discussing the matter with President Vladimir Putin.
Amnesty has been a vocal critic of Russia over its bombing campaign in Syria and had said it believed the eviction might be part of an official crackdown on civil society groups.
Amnesty staff had turned up at their office in central Moscow on Wednesday morning to find the locks had been changed and the power cut off. The Moscow city government, from which Amnesty leases the premises, said it was owed rent, but the group said payments were up to date.
Mikhail Fedotov, head of the Russian Human Rights Council which formally reports to the Kremlin, told Reuters he had met Putin and discussed the matter.
"The lease has been restored completely. They (Amnesty) will be able to return to the office in the nearest future. Putin was informed of this," Fedotov said.
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Russia makes U-turn after evicting Amnesty from Moscow office
By Svetlana Reiter and Vladimir Soldatkin | MOSCOW
Human rights group Amnesty International can return to the Moscow office it was evicted from this week, a Kremlin human rights adviser said on Thursday after discussing the matter with President Vladimir Putin.
Amnesty has been a vocal critic of Russia over its bombing campaign in Syria and had said it believed the eviction might be part of an official crackdown on civil society groups.
Amnesty staff had turned up at their office in central Moscow on Wednesday morning to find the locks had been changed and the power cut off. The Moscow city government, from which Amnesty leases the premises, said it was owed rent, but the group said payments were up to date.
Mikhail Fedotov, head of the Russian Human Rights Council which formally reports to the Kremlin, told Reuters he had met Putin and discussed the matter.
"The lease has been restored completely. They (Amnesty) will be able to return to the office in the nearest future. Putin was informed of this," Fedotov said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-amnesty-office-idUSKBN12Y2J1
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