In an echo of the Cold War, Russian authorities blacklisted on Monday a U.S.-based foundation named for Andrei Sakharov, the late Soviet-era dissident physicist known for supporting nuclear disarmament, international cooperation, and human rights.
Due to "a study of received materials," the prosecutor general's office said, the Andrei Sakharov Foundation in the United States had been added to a list of foreign and international non-governmental organizations whose activities were "recognized as undesirable" on Russian territory.
The foundation, headquartered about a half-hour drive southwest of Washington DC, did not respond immediately to an email seeking comment.
