The Russian authorities declared Hollywood star Clooney’s nonprofit foundation “undesirable,” prohibiting it from operating in Russia.
Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) which was founded in 2016 by American actor Geroge Clooney and his wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, to investigate human rights abuses has been banned by Russian authorities.
The Russian authorities declared Hollywood star Clooney’s nonprofit foundation “undesirable,” prohibiting it from operating in Russia.
According to its website, the CJF is “actively investigating war crimes in Ukraine.”
Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement on Telegram that the foundation “carries out work aimed at discrediting Russia on a Hollywood scale.”
“It actively supports pseudo-patriots who have left the country, members of banned extremist associations and terrorist organizations,” the statement said.
Since 2015 when it passed a law allowing it to target groups that are critical of President Vladimir Putin’s regime, Russia has branded many foreign charitable organizations, think thanks and so on as ‘undesirable’.
The designation means an organization cannot operate in Russia and prohibits the country’s banks and companies from working with them.