Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov arrives for the opening of the Army-2015 International Military-Technical Forum in Kubinka, outside Moscow, Russia, June 16, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Wednesday defended a move to bar a U.S.-funded pro-democracy group from Russia after it was declared "undesirable", saying Russians could still get access to such organisations.
Russian prosecutors branded the National Endowment for Democracy, funded largely by U.S. Congress, "undesirable" on Tuesday under a law Moscow says boosts security but critics say stifles civil society under President Vladimir Putin.
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