The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has designated the conservative Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Germany), linked to the German Christian Democrats, as an organization whose work is undesirable in Russia, the agency’s spokesperson, Andrei Ivanov, told Interfax on Aug. 5:
“The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has taken a decision to designate the work of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Germany), an international nongovernmental organization, undesirable on Russian territory.” It “spreads material discrediting Russia’s leadership, domestic and foreign policies, law enforcement work and judiciary.
“The Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s information activities, of an openly provocative nature, are aimed at complicating Russia-West relations, creating conditions for Russia’s political and economic isolation on the international stage, [and] increasing the military standoff in the regions where the special military operation is being carried out.”
A total ban is implied, though not issued formally. German media report that the foundation’s activity in Russia has been frozen since March 2022. So far, the foundation has posted nothing on its website on the case.
