Name

Russkiy Mir Foundation

Year of birth

2007

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Additional Information

Addresses:

Mosfilmovskaya Str. 40A, 119285, Russian Federation

Other information:

Telephone: +7 (495) 981-5680

Email: info@russkiymir.ru

Website: https://russkiymir.ru

Type of entity: Russian Federal Government Agency

Justifications:

The “Russkiy Mir” Foundation was created, and has been financed, by the Government of the Russian Federation. It has been used by the Russian Federation to advance its interests in the post-Soviet countries.

Its official mandate is to promote the Russian language and culture worldwide but the Foundation has been used as an important influence tool by the Kremlin that is strongly promoting a Russia centric-agenda in the post-USSR states, rejecting Ukraine's legitimacy as a sovereign nation, and advocating for its unification with Russia.

The Russkiy Mir Foundation has disseminated pro-Kremlin and anti-Ukrainian propaganda, and justified Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine. In its official releases it supported the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol and the recognition of the separatist so-called “People’s Republics” in the Donbas region by the Russian Federation. Since July 2022, the foundation has published numerous articles in support of the annexation of Ukrainian territories on its official website.

Therefore, it is responsible for supporting actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. It has also benefitted from the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine.