[russia] foreign ngos processed too slowly

Leaving aside Moscow itself and outlying regions, including Beslan, Russia has been relatively free of terrorism and there are no troops on the streets here - come over and have a look, rather than accept what you've read. Part of that is due to draconian measures on immigrants and foreign residents at governmental level which I can vouch, in my case, don’t amount to more than the usual bureaucracy. Part is due to the cracking down on NGOs which Vladimir Putin warned were interfering in domestic politics. Justice Ministry Anatoly Panchenko said authorities were unable to process the registration papers of 96 NGOs by the midnight Wednesday deadline, although he promised they would do so as soon as possible. They are being processed but the western press has beaten this up - don’t Britain and the US also stringently screen for troublemakers? Seems a double standard here to me.