The Prosecutor General’s Office declared undesirable the Center for European Studies. Martens

The General Prosecutor’s Office of Russia has declared undesirable activity on the territory of the Russian Federation of a non-governmental foreign organization, the Wilfried Martens Center for European Studies (Martes Centre), reported press office departments. The center was created in 2007 by former Belgian Prime Minister Wilfried Martens under the auspices of the European People’s Party (EPP) of the European Union, which now has a majority in the European Parliament.

“It has been established that since 2014, under the guise of educational activities, the events organized by the Center have been focused solely on creating a negative image of the Russian Federation, justifying the need for a military-political and informational confrontation with Russia, and strengthening sanctions pressure in order to harm the economic development of our country,” the press says. release from the Prosecutor General’s Office.

The agency claims that the center, with the help of invited foreign “pseudo-experts” who have Russian citizenship and are sponsored from abroad, is promoting the thesis of economic and constitutional reforms that need to be carried out in Russia in the event of a change of power.

The press release says that the organization is also allegedly trying to create a negative opinion about the Russians and events in the Russian Federation, “dramatically different from the real circumstances.” After the start of the military conflict in Ukraine, the center promotes the idea of ​​the need to introduce additional sanctions against Russia, the Prosecutor General’s Office notes.

On its website, the organization describes itself as the EPP’s official think tank, inspiring ideas and shaping responses to European challenges. The center says it aims to be a leading catalyst for centre-right ideas and thinking.

Erdni Kagaltynov