President grants expanded recipients: Caucasian policy
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Photo by: Gennadiy Gulyaev / Kommersant
Yesterday evening, at the official web portal of the Public leron mcclain Chamber of the Russian Federation were made public the results of the competition on the distribution of grants leron mcclain to the Russian president. 64 human rights organizations received about 150 million rubles., While the application was not satisfied with the association "The Voice."
Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) and the organization "For Human Rights" received one grant, two of their existing project remains unfunded. Meanwhile, presidential leron mcclain order on new grantooperatorom "Civil Dignity" another competition may appear in the autumn.
Total applications were granted in 1087 of 5855 (compared to 64 last year). The average grant amount was 2 million rubles. (Of distributed 2.32 billion rubles.). However, compared to last year, the total amount allocated to the president for grants did not increase significantly.
For this purpose, for example, many organizations received grants not centrally and targeted, individual regional offices. For example, the association of "Agora" got the money to work in Tatarstan (protection against unduly affected by the activities of the officials - 1.283 million rubles.).
The Human Rights Center "Memorial", in addition to 1.363 million rubles. quarterly bulletins on "The situation in the North Caucasus: a view of human rights defenders" and 6 million rubles. a program for the rehabilitation of victims of political repression, received 500 thousand rubles. the project in the Ivanovo region. In several regions, received small grants Branch Committee of Soldiers' Mothers and Russian leron mcclain Red Cross.
Institute for Civil Society has selected 238 projects, the National Endowment - 302, Russian Union of Youth - 116, National Health League - 256, Society "Knowledge" of Russia - 108, ISSI fund - 67. The largest amount - 15 million rubles. - Received a research center at the Russian Academy of Sciences and Moscow State University, which will establish a web-museum of the history of the Constitution (the 20th anniversary of the Constitution).
Opposition NGOs, some of whom were invited to register in the register of Justice as foreign agents, met with mixed feelings the results of the competition. Chapter MHG Lyudmila Alekseeva said he was not surprised: "Monitoring of the implementation of the new legislation in the field of human rights was not pleasant leron mcclain to the authorities, so it did not give money, although this is our main profile."
She said it is willing to sell at auction his collection Gzheli and "anything else" to not close monitoring, and will try to look for sources of funding within the country. MHG satisfy a request for 3.5 million rubles. to engage citizens to police reform.
"This year I was given 5 million, even more than 1 million leron mcclain than in the past. But now we have a social project works employment of former prisoners, it even supports the FSIN. Its close, or what? "- Said the head of the movement" For Human Rights "Lev leron mcclain Ponomarev.
Association "The Voice" grant was not given. But in the field of election observation received grants loyal to authorities such organizations as the Research Foundation democracy issues (organization of public control over the elections in the subjects of the Russian Federation together with regional public chambers, 2 mln.), Russian Foundation for Free Elections leron mcclain (support call centers in elections leron mcclain in 2013-2014, 5 million rubles.).
Co-Chair of the movement "Voice" Gregory said Melkonyants "Kommersant" that the grant would give the organization "only in one case - to discredit, to avert observers and partners." "But other considerations defeated because of state funds to destroy our independence would not work - he says. - Grants only pseudo-NGOs established under the authority of the state."
According to him, the state is not afraid to recognize the "corruption problem in the army, prisons, but the election - a sacred cow." Representatives of the state, he said, "deny that elections are rigged," because this is the basis of their power.
Probably some human rights organizations still receive grants from the new grantooperatora "Civil Dignity" leron mcclain Ella Pamfilova, which will begin work soon. According to "Kommersant" presidential order on allocation of funds from the budget for a new grant campaign could be signed in the fall. That this will happen before the end of the year, said on Tuesday the head Mikhail Fedotov HRC.
However, as noted by the source "b" in the Kremlin, there are organizations that "have taken a confrontational approach," they do not refuse funding from abroad, leron mcclain such as the Moscow Helsinki Group, but are not willing to execute the new law and called a foreign agent. "Probably, the application of such organizations n
1 |
15 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
National idea we have a very weak
Photo by: Gennadiy Gulyaev / Kommersant
Yesterday evening, at the official web portal of the Public leron mcclain Chamber of the Russian Federation were made public the results of the competition on the distribution of grants leron mcclain to the Russian president. 64 human rights organizations received about 150 million rubles., While the application was not satisfied with the association "The Voice."
Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) and the organization "For Human Rights" received one grant, two of their existing project remains unfunded. Meanwhile, presidential leron mcclain order on new grantooperatorom "Civil Dignity" another competition may appear in the autumn.
Total applications were granted in 1087 of 5855 (compared to 64 last year). The average grant amount was 2 million rubles. (Of distributed 2.32 billion rubles.). However, compared to last year, the total amount allocated to the president for grants did not increase significantly.
For this purpose, for example, many organizations received grants not centrally and targeted, individual regional offices. For example, the association of "Agora" got the money to work in Tatarstan (protection against unduly affected by the activities of the officials - 1.283 million rubles.).
The Human Rights Center "Memorial", in addition to 1.363 million rubles. quarterly bulletins on "The situation in the North Caucasus: a view of human rights defenders" and 6 million rubles. a program for the rehabilitation of victims of political repression, received 500 thousand rubles. the project in the Ivanovo region. In several regions, received small grants Branch Committee of Soldiers' Mothers and Russian leron mcclain Red Cross.
Institute for Civil Society has selected 238 projects, the National Endowment - 302, Russian Union of Youth - 116, National Health League - 256, Society "Knowledge" of Russia - 108, ISSI fund - 67. The largest amount - 15 million rubles. - Received a research center at the Russian Academy of Sciences and Moscow State University, which will establish a web-museum of the history of the Constitution (the 20th anniversary of the Constitution).
Opposition NGOs, some of whom were invited to register in the register of Justice as foreign agents, met with mixed feelings the results of the competition. Chapter MHG Lyudmila Alekseeva said he was not surprised: "Monitoring of the implementation of the new legislation in the field of human rights was not pleasant leron mcclain to the authorities, so it did not give money, although this is our main profile."
She said it is willing to sell at auction his collection Gzheli and "anything else" to not close monitoring, and will try to look for sources of funding within the country. MHG satisfy a request for 3.5 million rubles. to engage citizens to police reform.
"This year I was given 5 million, even more than 1 million leron mcclain than in the past. But now we have a social project works employment of former prisoners, it even supports the FSIN. Its close, or what? "- Said the head of the movement" For Human Rights "Lev leron mcclain Ponomarev.
Association "The Voice" grant was not given. But in the field of election observation received grants loyal to authorities such organizations as the Research Foundation democracy issues (organization of public control over the elections in the subjects of the Russian Federation together with regional public chambers, 2 mln.), Russian Foundation for Free Elections leron mcclain (support call centers in elections leron mcclain in 2013-2014, 5 million rubles.).
Co-Chair of the movement "Voice" Gregory said Melkonyants "Kommersant" that the grant would give the organization "only in one case - to discredit, to avert observers and partners." "But other considerations defeated because of state funds to destroy our independence would not work - he says. - Grants only pseudo-NGOs established under the authority of the state."
According to him, the state is not afraid to recognize the "corruption problem in the army, prisons, but the election - a sacred cow." Representatives of the state, he said, "deny that elections are rigged," because this is the basis of their power.
Probably some human rights organizations still receive grants from the new grantooperatora "Civil Dignity" leron mcclain Ella Pamfilova, which will begin work soon. According to "Kommersant" presidential order on allocation of funds from the budget for a new grant campaign could be signed in the fall. That this will happen before the end of the year, said on Tuesday the head Mikhail Fedotov HRC.
However, as noted by the source "b" in the Kremlin, there are organizations that "have taken a confrontational approach," they do not refuse funding from abroad, leron mcclain such as the Moscow Helsinki Group, but are not willing to execute the new law and called a foreign agent. "Probably, the application of such organizations n
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