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On December 18, 2023, the general meeting of the partnership members decided to suspend the organization's activities and start preparations for its closure. Since February 28, 2024, the organization has been in liquidation, then on March 18, 2024 the organization was included by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the register of "foreign agents".

On February 26, 2025, the legal entity „Non-profit partnership to promote the dissemination of encyclopedic knowledge "Wikimedia RU"“ ceased operations (liquidated).

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«Wikimedia RU» Non-Commercial Partnership for the Advancement of Encyclopedic Knowledge is a legally independent non-profit organization, established to support activities conducted within the territory of the Russian Federation related to development of free encyclopedic, educational and other information, reflecting knowledge accumulated by humanity.

The leading project of the kind is a free internet-encyclopedia «Wikipedia», whose Russian language edition is one of the main aspects of «Wikimedia RU» activities.

«Wikimedia RU» Non-Profit Partnership is approved by Wikimedia Foundation as a «Wikimedia Chapter» in the Russian Federation.

«Wikimedia RU» conducts its activities in line with its Bylaws, which were approved by the Russian Federation Ministry of Justice on November 11, 2008.

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	Activities We hold lots of events, including competitions, meetings and organizing partnerships with third parties.
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