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24 November 
1970 The United States and the USSR ratified the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
1970 The Central Committee of CPSU restored the national autonomy of the Kalmyks, Karachais, Balkars, Chechens and Ingush.
1970 Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species - the first edition was sold out in a day.
24 November
1970 The United States and the USSR ratified the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
1970 The Central Committee of CPSU restored the national autonomy of the Kalmyks, Karachais, Balkars, Chechens and Ingush.
1970 Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species - the first edition was sold out in a day.
Journalistic project on corruption investigation leaves Russia
Representatives of the non-profit journalistic project OCCRP, which investigates the corruption-related crimes around the world, announced the termination of its activities in the Russian Federation on September 15. According to one of the founders of the organization, Drew Sullivan, the organization's work in the country in the current conditions does not help, but rather hurts Russian journalists.
OCCRP makes them to become victims of a campaign launched by the official government against independent journalism.
The organization itself, according to its leaders, will not stop working to highlight corruption in Russia and other countries. However, the self-liquidation of OCCRP in Russia will save a number of media and individual media representatives from being included in the list of foreign agents, which is regularly updated at the initiative of the authorities. According to Sullivan, in August 2021 alone, the Russian state entered a significant part of the NPO partners into this register.
At the moment, the only publication listed on the official OCCRP website as a partner is Novaya Gazeta. However, many media representatives remember that in 2016, the organization actively collaborated with Roman Anin and Olesya Shmagun, who were recognized as foreign agents.
In particular, they played a significant role in the release of the Panama Papers data. We are talking about the publication of documents containing information about offshore companies belonging to well-known figures of the world of politics and culture. The source of the leak was the Panamanian company Mossack Fonseca, the representatives of which announced a hacker attack.
OCCRP makes them to become victims of a campaign launched by the official government against independent journalism.
The organization itself, according to its leaders, will not stop working to highlight corruption in Russia and other countries. However, the self-liquidation of OCCRP in Russia will save a number of media and individual media representatives from being included in the list of foreign agents, which is regularly updated at the initiative of the authorities. According to Sullivan, in August 2021 alone, the Russian state entered a significant part of the NPO partners into this register.
In total, the list of foreign agents, according to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, includes 47 subjects, including the Dozhd TV channel and other well-known media.
Currently, the change.org website is collecting signatures for a petition published by the human rights media project OVD-Info. The authors of the petition demand the repeal of the law on foreign agents. More than 100 thousand people have already signed the document, including the representatives of a number of media outlets.At the moment, the only publication listed on the official OCCRP website as a partner is Novaya Gazeta. However, many media representatives remember that in 2016, the organization actively collaborated with Roman Anin and Olesya Shmagun, who were recognized as foreign agents.
In particular, they played a significant role in the release of the Panama Papers data. We are talking about the publication of documents containing information about offshore companies belonging to well-known figures of the world of politics and culture. The source of the leak was the Panamanian company Mossack Fonseca, the representatives of which announced a hacker attack.
It is known that the organization has already offered its employees, who worked in Russia, to move abroad.
At the same time, those who did not leave the country, received the severance pay. OCCRP said it would help them to find new jobs. 17.09.2021
