You may be interested to read this, then: http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/14/russia-foreign-agents-law-hits-hundreds-ngos-updated-june-3-2013 http://www.hrw.org

You may be interested to read this, then: http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/14/russia-foreign-agents-law-hits-hundreds-ngos-updated-june-3-2013 http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/14/russia-foreign-agents-law... - it's an article from Human Rights Watch, whose representative was quoted in the OP, about a somewhat similar programme recently instated in Russia requiring some journalistic agencies to register as "foreign agents" or face penalties. Funny how it's all the same actors, much the same plot, just on a different set.