REUTERS

There was no immediate comment from the OHCHR about the report, which comes in the midst of a growing crackdown in Russia against rights activists, independent journalists, and public debate, RFE/RL wrote.

Russian ambassador Aleksei Borodavkin was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying the OHCHR has helped to create human rights institutions in Russia and "we do not see anything extraordinary" about the Moscow office being closed.

As reported, on March 10 UN Human Rights Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein expressed concern about "signals received" from the Kremlin that Russia intended to close the OHCHR's Moscow office.

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