Moscow, July 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia doesn't want outside sponsors financing the political activity of local public organizations, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
"We are against the outside financing of the political activity of [public organizations] in Russia. I am vehemently opposed to it," Putin said, addressing the Council for Assisting the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights Institutions. "No self-respecting state tolerates that and neither will we."