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Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative

HRAGI(Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation)는 워싱턴 DC에 본부를 둔 로비 단체로 명목상으로는 미국의 러시아 어린이 [1][2]입양 복원에 초점을 맞추고 있습니다.2017년 특검 [1][2]수사의 일환으로 수사를 받고 있다.그것은 [3]없어진 것으로 알려졌다.

역사

이 조직은 2016년 2월 16일 델라웨어 주 윌밍턴에 등록되었으며, 명목상 직원 [3][4]2명이 근무하고 있습니다.이 단체는 세르게이 마그니츠키의 [5][6]명예를 훼손하기 위한 영화인 안드레이 네크라소프의 매그니츠키 액트를 상영하기 위해 뉴섬을 임대했다.

목적

HRAGI의 명목상의 목적은 "미국의 러시아 어린이 입양 재개를 돕는 것"이지만, 뉴스 기구는 그것의 주된 목적이 러시아에 [1][4]대한 국제적인 제재에 반대하는 로비의 수단 역할을 하는 것이라고 보도했다.

자금 조달

이 재단은 50만 달러 이상의 자금을 지원받았는데, 대부분 데니스 [1][7]카시브의 아버지인 러시아 정치인 페트르 카시예프로부터였다.다른 주요 기부자들로는 러시아의 사업가 미하일 포노마레프와 알베르트 나시불린이 있으며, 베릴 무역 [1]주식회사라고 불리는 독일 회사의 10만 달러도 있다.

직원

이 단체는 Natalia Veselnitskaya에 [8]의해 설립되었다.HRAGI는 매그니츠키법 [1][9]반대 로비를 위해 론 델럼스 전 하원의원을 포함한 로비스트를 고용했다.델럼스는 그룹과의 [10]관련성을 부인했다.

Robert Arakelian은 [11]재단의 회장, 재무, 비서, 이사로서 이름을 올렸다.아라클리안은 재단의 설립자로 등록되어 있지만, 그는 FBI에 에드 리버먼과 베이커 호스테틀러가 실제로 [11]설립을 감독했다고 말했다.

레퍼런스

  1. ^ a b c d e f Baker, Stephanie; Reznik, Irina (December 21, 2017). "Mueller Is Looking Into a U.S. Foundation Backed by Russian Money". Bloomberg News.
  2. ^ a b Greenwood, Max (December 21, 2017). "Mueller looking into adoption group funded by Russia: report". The Hill.
  3. ^ a b Gray, Rosie (July 25, 2017). "Bill Browder's Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee". Her first step was to set up a fake NGO that would ostensibly promote Russian adoptions, although it quickly became clear that the NGO’s sole purpose was to repeal the Magnitsky Act. This NGO was called the Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation (HRAGI). It was registered as a corporation in Delaware with two employees on February 18, 2016. HRAGI was used to pay Washington lobbyists and other agents for the anti-Magnitsky campaign. (HRAGI now seems to be defunct, with taxes due.)
  4. ^ a b Northam, Jackie (September 7, 2017). "Behind Support For 'Adoption,' A Web Of Clandestine Russian Advocates". National Public Radio.
  5. ^ "Trump signs sanctions bill against Russia as relations worsen". The Los Angeles Times. August 31, 2017. Veselnitskaya is also the founder of a nonprofit called the Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation, a nongovernmental organization dedicated to restoring American adoptions of Russian orphans. In June 2016 at the Newseum in Washington, her group helped fund a controversial screening of a film aimed at discrediting Magnitsky.
  6. ^ Landler, Mark (June 9, 2016). "Film About Russian Lawyer's Death Creates an Uproar". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Kwong, Jessica (December 21, 2017). "Why Is Trump Russia Probe Investigating An Adoption Group?". Newsweek. The foundation was financed by $500,000 in undisclosed donations primarily from rich Russians linked to a high-profile prosecutor as well as a Russian Railways deputy director Petr Katsvy.
  8. ^ Watson, Ivan; Arvanitidis, Barbara; Tarasova, Darya (July 12, 2017). "Trump's web of Russian ties grows with Miss Universe links". CNN. Veselnitskaya is the founder of a non-governmental organization called the Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation.
  9. ^ Gray, Rosie (July 18, 2017). "Russian Anti-Sanctions Campaign Turned to California Congressman". The Atlantic. Veselnitskaya, the lawyer in the meeting, has been deeply involved in the anti-Magnitsky Act effort in the U.S. as part of a group called the Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation that has lobbied in Congress against the legislation [...] Akhmetshin, who is currently in Europe, said in an email that there was one instance involving Behrends walking with former Democratic Congressman Ron Dellums, who was also part of the lobbying effort, to the office of the ranking Democrat on Rohrabacher’s subcommittee.
  10. ^ Arnsdorf, Isaac (August 17, 2016). "From Russia, with love?". Politico. The group is a six-month-old Delaware corporation called the Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation, and the new lobbyist is Rinat Akhmetshin, who appears occasionally in lobbying records but is known in foreign policy circles as a key pro-Russian operator. He was seen in House offices this summer accompanied by former Rep. Ron Dellums (D-Calif.), who also registered for the mysterious adoption advocacy group. Dellums, reached by phone, denied involvement with the group.
  11. ^ a b Leopold, Jason; Cormier, Anthony; Loop, Emma; Tillman, Zoe (May 30, 2020). "Mueller Memos Part 7: These Documents Reveal What People Close To The President Told Mueller's Team About Trump And Russia". BuzzFeed News. Robert Arakelian was the listed president of the non-profit, the Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation. [...] Though his position is redacted in the interview summary, Arakelian was listed on Delaware state records as the president, treasurer, secretary, and director of the foundation. [...] The foundation was officially created in February 2016, according to Delaware state records, and Arakelian is listed as the incorporator. But Arakelian told the FBI he “was not involved in the incorporation” and that it was actually Lieberman and the law firm BakerHostetler who “conducted” it.

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