OREANDA-NEWS  An investigation has been completed against 30 foreign NGOs and other structures from 16 unfriendly countries, they are proposed to be considered undesirable in the Russian Federation, said Vasily Piskarev, head of the State Duma commission to investigate the facts of foreign interference in Russia's internal affairs.

"The State Duma Commission to investigate the facts of foreign interference in the internal affairs of Russia has completed an investigation against 30 non-governmental organizations, civil structures and public associations from 16 unfriendly countries. It is proposed to recognize their activities as undesirable, and some as extremist," Piskarev said at a meeting of the commission on Wednesday.

He said that we are talking about organizations from Australia, Austria, the USA, Hungary, Denmark, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Germany, Montenegro, the Czech Republic and Sweden.

"All these structures are controlled by the governments of NATO countries and are aimed at undermining our country from within," the head of the committee said.

Piskarev clarified that "previously, these structures specialized in provoking riots and separatism in Russia, interfering in elections and drug propaganda, involving teenagers in destructive activities, using various technologies to discredit Russia, and since February of this year have been actively involved in anti-Russian activities in the context of a special military operation in Ukraine." In particular, we are talking about calls to finance the enemy, the imposition of sanctions against Russia, the allocation of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine, he added.

Among such structures, the head of the State Duma Commission singled out such organizations as the NGO "Svoboda Alliance" (Australia), "Russian America for Democracy in Russia" (USA), the Ark project (has representatives in more than 40 countries), "Danish Friends of Democratic Russia" (Denmark), "Eurasian Harm Reduction Association" (Lithuania), Association "RUHelp - Russians against the war" (Luxembourg), Community "Free Russia NL" (Netherlands), Foundation "House of Human Rights" (Norway), Movement "Demokrati-Ja" (Germany), "Free Russia Forum" (Latvia).