Fortress Russia by Ilya Yablokov

Author:Ilya Yablokov
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781509522651
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published: 2018-07-22T00:00:00+00:00

The authors of the new legislative initiatives, embracing Putin’s idea that Russia’s sovereignty was its ultimate virtue, suggested a ban on the registration of NGOs in case their aims and goals created ‘a threat to sovereignty, political independence, territorial integrity, national unity and the distinctive customs, cultural character and national interests of the Russian Federation’ (Rossiiskaia gazeta, 2006). These vague criteria created obstacles for the registration for NGOs, since many of them them did rely on foreign funds; and pro-Kremlin politicians and intellectuals were then in a position to accuse NGOs of subversion.

The obedient media had to contribute to the creation of a negative image of NGOs, since many Russian citizens knew little, if anything, about their activities (Schmidt, 2006). The lack of attention paid by ordinary Russians to third sector organizations created a fertile ground for conspiratorial mythmaking. At the same time, it limited the Kremlin’s ability to construct the image of a powerful, subversive ‘Other’ threatening the lives of ordinary citizens. The regime was well aware of this problem, and so was keen to use the state-aligned media to persuade people that NGOs were linked to foreign subversion.

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