Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday it has closed its operations in Russia after 32 years, citing a Justice Ministry letter that said the medical aid group had been removed from a register of foreign nongovernmental organizations.

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    2 months ago

    Russia removed them from their list of foreign NGOs. That puts their personnel directly at risk. They didn’t really have much of a choice.