‘The state isn’t interested’: The NGO ‘Soldiers’ Mothers of Saint-Petersburg’ has defended the rights of Russian servicemen for 30 years. Now it can no longer work with them. 

After 30 years spent defending the legal rights of Russian conscripts and soldiers, the NGO "Soldiers' Mothers of St. Petersburg" will no longer be working with military personnel. In a statement published on October 5, the organization said that a new order issued by the Federal Security Service (FSB) has rendered most of its operations impossible. Indeed, the new order includes a list of topics -- many of which concern the military -- that you can't collect information on without risking a "foreign agent" designation or even felony charges. That said, Soldiers' Mothers isn't shutting its doors completely. To find out more about how the NGO plans to move forward, Meduza spoke to its chairperson, Oksana Paramonova. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/10/07/the-state-isn-t-interested