Representatives of the Ministry of Justice, which demanded the liquidation of the branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel «Sohnut», at the meeting refused to reconcile. This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent from the court. data-slate-custom=»{«imgSrc»:»https://s3.zona.media/i/a6d80f8f5eb664955274b5bf6ad9390f»,»alt»:»»}» alt=»1″ />
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Sokhnut lawyer Andrey Grishaev said at the meeting that they offered the Ministry of Justice a two-month conciliation procedure. The Ministry of Justice objected.
After that, Grishaev asked to postpone the meeting for a «sufficient» period — to study the evidence and «maybe even complete our procedure to eliminate inconsistencies», again hinting at a settlement agreement.
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The Basmanny District Court scheduled the next hearing for September 19.
In July, the Moscow Office of the Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit to liquidate the Moscow branch of the Sokhnut, which helps with repatriation to Israel. Although representatives of the agency did not name the claims of Russian officials, a Jerusalem Post source claimed that they were accused of «illegally collecting data on Russian citizens.»
Unnamed employees of the Moscow office of Sokhnut also spoke about wiretapping by Russian security forces of their conversations with those wishing to repatriate.