KAZAN, Russia (JTA) — A Russian court dissolved a Jewish community association, in a move that critics said was part of a larger crackdown on grassroots organizations but that others said was procedural.
The Cherepovets City Court on Aug. 25 scrapped the association known as The Jewish Community of Cherepovets from the register of nonprofit organizations citing repeated failures to file the financial activity reports required by law of such organizations, the Interfax news agency reported.
The ruling in Cherepovets, which is located 250 miles north of Moscow, came amid a crackdown in Russia on nongovernmental organizations with foreign ties, as per …read more
Source: JTA
