The Resvet* party suspended the registration of regional branches after they were included in the "foreign agents" register.
The Rasbet party suspended the registration of its regional branches after the Ministry of Justice included it in the "foreign agents" register, party leader Yekaterina Dontsova* said.
"Until the lawsuit against the Ministry of Justice is examined, we are suspending the holding of the constituent meetings of the regional branches, and publications of regional channels will be temporarily published on the party's federal channel, in accordance with the requirements of the law," Dantsova said.
According to her, after she was included in the register, a general meeting of party members was held in which 100 people took part. For about three hours they discussed how to proceed, and the Central Council reinforced this discussion with specific decisions. Until November 13, Resvet will conduct a survey among party members to decide how to move forward: continue the registration process, keep the party as a non-profit organization with the status of a "foreign agent" or completely stop the activity.
Recently, the Ministry of Justice recognized the unregistered party "Shahar" as a "foreign agent". In Bashkortostan, the branch became the first in the Urals to decide to close. Earlier, the youth branch in the Tyumen region announced the termination of cooperation with the party.
—recognized by the Russian authorities as foreign agents.