MOSCOW—Hoping to a fill a void left by the closure last summer of Russia’s only private research funder, scientists here are gearing up to launch a new foundation. But the nonprofit, called Evolution, has set modest ambitions: Initially it will focus only on science popularization.
These are difficult times for nonprofit organizations in Russia. Over the past 3 years, the government labeled several dozen organizations “foreign agents,” questioning their motives and imposing restrictions on their activities. Recent designees include the MacArthur Foundation, the Open Society Foundations, and the Dynasty Foundation, backed by the Russian telecommunications tycoon Dmitry Zimin.
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