Doctors Without Borders says it has closed its operations in Russia after 32 years. The medical aid group cited a Justice Ministry letter saying the group had been removed from a register of foreign nongovernmental organizations.

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.

  • jaybone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    93·
    2 months ago

    Is russias medical infrastructure so poor that they need this kind of assistance? I could guess maybe their war is stretching resources so thin. But this says 32 years they’ve been there. That’s like almost as far back as the end of the USSR.

    I wonder if they had been assisting in treating soldiers wounded in this war.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      25·
      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.