Click to expand Image FILE: A Russian state flag waves on top of a hammer and sickle at the State Duma, lower parliament chamber, headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko (Berlin) - Russia's lower house of parliament has adopted a bill prohibiting collaboration with unregistered foreign nongovernmental organizations, and severely limiting civic space, Human Rights Watch said today. If approved by the parliament's upper house and signed by the president, the legislation will severely limit the right to freedom of association protected under international human rights law. Under the proposed amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses and the Criminal Code, whichintroduce administrative and criminal sanctions, anyone participating in the activities of an unregistered foreign nongovernmental organization in Russiawillface a fine of up to 5,000 RUB (US$55) for the first offense. Three offenses within a year will result in crimi
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