MSF closes programmes in Russia after instruction to deregister

Reuters

September 16, 2024 at 8:08 a.m.

France's Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) vaccinates migrants and homeless people in Paris

BERLIN (Reuters) - Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) said on Monday that it was closing its programmes in Russia after an instruction to deregister from the Justice Ministry.

MSF received a letter from the ministry in August conveying its decision that the MSF affiliate office should be closed after 32 years of working in the country, the aid group said in a statement.

(Writing by Friederike Heine, Editing by Rachel More)

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