Russia declares U.S. Clooney Foundation an undesirable organisation

FILE PHOTO: Director George Clooney and his wife lawyer Amal Clooney attend a premiere for the film 'The Boys in the Boat' in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., December 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

(Reuters) - Russian prosecutors said on Monday they had designated The Clooney Foundation for Justice, a U.S. non-profit group, as an "undesirable" organisation for carrying out work at "a Hollywood scale" to discredit Moscow.

The Foundation was founded by actor George Clooney and his wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney.