MacArthur foundation to shut Russia office after 23 years Moscow: US-based MacArthur

foundation has announced it is stopping work in Russia, saying laws restricting foreign organisations had made it ‘impossible’ to continue. In a statement by its president Julia Stash, the foundation said it would close its branch office in Moscow due to measures singling it out as ‘undesirable’ by lawmakers. The foundation has provided over $173 million (158 million euros) since 1992 to Russian groups in fields such as higher education and human rights.