Amnesty International which documents human rights abuses (and related) around the world has run into an issue in Russia. According to reports, Kremlin authorities have now designated the group as ‘undesirable’ in the country.
The Lowdown
Using a far reaching 2015 law the Kremlin has struck again in its efforts to isolate Russian society from the rest of the world.  On Monday,  Russian officials formally declared Amnesty International as ‘undesirable’ in the country which means that basically nobody can do business with or even share their reports on social media in the country anymore.
The designation also means that the group must stop all work within Russia. It’s important to note that anyone caught working with the group following today may be subject to prosecution according to the AP. Officials extended the designation to ban people from sharing Amnesty related reports or information on social media.
Formally the designation appears to be retribution for a statement made by the group regarding the prison sentence of Grigory Meikononyants. According to what we’ve been able to verify, Grigory is a prominent election monitoring activist that alike others appears to have been wrongfully imprisoned in Russia ‘s hellish prison (or ‘penal’) system.