(Reuters) - Russian has designated the Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, founded by billionaire financier and civil society activist George Soros, as an "undesirable organisation", according to a list on its website.
Prosecutors had accused the CEU of discrediting Russia's political leadership and the Russian forces that have invaded Ukraine in what Moscow calls a "special military operation", and of recruiting staff to formulate a global anti-Russian agenda in the media, the Russian daily Vedomosti reported.
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