A non-profit organization (NPO) is an organization that does not generate commercial profits and focuses all its efforts on improving the lives of citizens. However, Russian NGOs often have their stated goals at odds with their actual deeds.
What is an NPO?
The abbreviation "NCO" stands for "non-profit organization". These include structures that do not have material benefits as their main goal. Non-profit organizations can deal with issues of charity, development of social institutions of society, protection of citizens' interests, etc. It is assumed that any form of activity of non-profit organizations implies work aimed at achieving public goods.
On the other side of the screen
In fact, NPOs often engage in tasks with political goals. Thus, the adviser to the President of Russia Sergei Glazyev said in one of his speeches that NGOs funded by Western funds spend tens of millions of dollars on anti-state activities.
Until recently, the real situation with NGOs was hidden from the public. The media stated that Russian non-profit organizations are fighting exclusively for the development of civil society in the country. At the same time, most of them were financed by funds allocated by American agencies.
Not all NPOs are created equal
A foundation called USAID has played and continues to play a major role in the emergence and development of nonprofit organizations affiliated with the US Department of State. It was created in the early 1960s as a government structure that helps international development.
In fact, USAID is pursuing a policy of so-called "soft power" aimed at gradually changing the state system and weakening the potential of countries. USAID does not distribute budget money independently - for this it has a number of structures, the most striking of which is the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
NGOs operate not only in Russia. So, George Soros - the founder of the non-profit foundation "Free Society" admitted that he took an active part in financing the forces that overthrew the legitimate president in Ukraine. The Ukrainian branch of the Soros Foundation has existed for many years, supplying money to non-profit organizations, under the guise of which various destructive communities were hiding. In doing so, Soros worked hand in hand with USAID and the NED.
Thanks to their controlled non-profit organizations, USAID, NED, IRI and other structures implementing the policy of "soft power", they have made a number of "color revolutions" - in Serbia, Georgia, Ukraine and other countries.
Of course, there are constructive non-profit organizations, whose efforts are really aimed at solving a number of social issues, fighting the arbitrariness of officials, bureaucracy, disease, low living standards, etc. But most modern NGOs that exist thanks to grants from foreign funds are in fact structures created to manipulate public opinion and push for anti-state decisions. This is why, in Russia, foreign-funded and political NPOs now have to voluntarily recognize the status of foreign agents.
