I take it this so-called “Rights Group” is another Soros front?
Is it odd that the article does not actually mention WHY the gov designated this as a foreign interest?
Short answer: Yes.
However there is a long history to get there.
Historical synopsis:
Immediately after the fall of the Soviet Union NGO's and "Charitable Organizations" were formed to catalog and identify Soviet repression and Human Rights Crimes.
Of course, they were all Liberal Socialist.
Much like American NGO's (and for the same reasons, exported from America), they slowly moved farther and farther Left.
Soon, the focus of these organizations was the failure of Russia to elevate Homosexuals, Deviants, Pornographers, Minorities, Muslims and Christians other than Orthodox, to positions of Special Protection and Influence.
Oh, The Repression, It's So Evil!
Said NGO's, in conspiracy with Western Media, Western Governments, and Soros type Western NGO's, began pushing Modern Russia for the same Politically Correct Woke crapola that has been installed in America and Western Europe.
Russia outlawed 'em.
The Russian Supreme Court made it stick.
Russian NGO's now get Whine with their Cheese.
“I take it this so-called “Rights Group” is another Soros front?”
Absolutely. No leader, Putin or Trump, should allow foreign-funded operations in their country.
The problem with Memorial is that its chief functionary was caught with child porn on his laptop.
Not some random porn, but of his own adopted 11-year-old daughter. According to her testimony, the abuse wasn’t limited to porn.
The US Embassy declaring him the victim of the regime and demanding release didn’t do itself a favor in terms of PR.