Established by the UK Foreign Office, it is dealing with projects in arts and education.
Name
The British Council
Field of activity
Socio-educational initatives and projects
Recognitions
Status
Undesirable organization
Year of recognition
2025
Inclusion date
26.05.2025
Reason for recognition
According to the Prosecutor General's office, the organization "is hiding behind the educational and cultural activites <...> under the pretext of teaching English" and "is actively promoting and supporting the LGBT movement banned" in Russia. The organization's "goal is also to "get rid the population of former Soviet republics of Russian identity." Within the frameworks of the consortium established together with other undesirable organizations, the British Council holds programs of the so-called "cultural cooperation in order to rally the anti-Russian Baltic community."
Chronology
- Addition to the list: Undesirable organization