25 October 2006, 23:42
"Rosregistratsia": over 120 branches of foreign NGOs have passed re-registration
Over 120 branches and affiliates of foreign-based non-governmental organizations in Russia have succeeded in their re-registration procedure that has become mandatory under the Law on NGOs, the "Interfax" was told at Federal Registration Service ("Rosregistratsia").
"As of Wednesday morning, 123 foreign NGOs have completed their re-registration procedure and have been entered into the Registry," Galina Fokina, acting head of "Rosregistratsia" Department for the matters of political parties, public and religious associations, reported. She said that the documents of 67 more organizations are under examination. Besides, she informed that in the documents of 22 entities slight deficiencies were found, and they were returned for correction.
We remind you that a number of representative offices of foreign-based NGOs have suspended their activities in Russia, awaiting re-registration.
