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Russia officially calls for Jewish Agency operations in the country to be “dissolved”

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Russian authorities have officially requested this Thursday the “dissolution” of the offices of the Jewish Agency in the country, filing an appeal to that effect with the Moscow district court, according to a court spokesman quoted by Russian media.

This represents a major step forward in Russia’s campaign against the Israeli quasi-governmental organization, which facilitates and encourages Jewish immigration to Israel.

Moscow’s action against the organization that oversees immigration to Israel is seen as retaliation for Israel’s stance on the Ukraine war, while the agency has said its activities continue for now.

“The court received a lawsuit filed by the main department of the Ministry of Justice in Moscow requesting the dissolution of the Jewish agency,” the court explained in a statement that was picked up by the Russian news agency.

Ekaterina Buravtsova, a spokeswoman for the Basmany Court in Moscow, has been quoted by Russian agencies as saying the request was made after legal violations, without providing further details, according to the Interfax news agency.

“As we have previously stated, we do not make any comments during the course of the legal procedure,” the organization said, as reported by The Times of Israel.

In this sense, the Jewish Agency, in charge of facilitating and promoting Jewish immigration to Israel, received a letter last month from the Russian authorities in which they made a series of difficult demands – to which the organization did not intend to accede — and threatened legal consequences if those demands were not met.

Source: Europa Press

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