(14 Jun 2013)
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1. Wide of Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, entering conference room
2. Mid of cameras filming Putin's entrance
3. Wide of conference delegates sitting at table
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Reece Kinnane, Oxfam International Australia:
"And we believe that government, civil society and the private sector need to continue to work together on these issues."
5. Wide of Putin taking notes
6. Close of Putin's notebook
7. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian President:
"I have noted what you said about not being able to work in other countries in the political sphere. You can do it here. Yet only those organisations which are receiving money to influence the internal politics of Russia, have to register. And that is all. Their work is not forbidden."
8. Mid of delegates
9. Close of cakes and tea cup
10. Mid of photographers
11. Wide of delegates standing
STORYLINE:
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he would welcome "improving" a controversial law on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that activists say is aimed at stamping out dissent.
Putin told the G20 Civil Summit on Friday that he wanted to examine the law's application and alter it, Russian news agencies reported.
At Friday's Civil Summit, which took place at Novo-Ogaryovo, the location of the Moscow presidential residence, delegates from Mexico, Australia and Turkey, stressed the importance of the dialogue between global civil society and G20 governments.
The summit, which was the final event of the civil programme under Russia's G20 presidency, was hosted by the administration of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Among delegates offering recommendations for solving ecological, global trade and energy problems was Reece Kinnane, from Oxfam International Australia.
"We believe that government, civil society and the private sector need to continue to work together on these issues," he said.
Putin admitted the need to improve the legislation in Russia to avoid state suspicion of non-governmental organisations and ensure their normal work.
He stressed there were no limitations for closer cooperation saying: "Only those organisations which are receiving money to influence internal politics of Russia, have to register. And that is all. Their work is not forbidden."
Last year, parliament rubber-stamped a Putin-backed bill that requires all NGOs receiving foreign funding and found to engage in vaguely defined "political activity" to register as "foreign agents," a term conjuring visions of Soviet-era intrigues.
Many senior officials were visibly uncomfortable with the law and did nothing to enforce it until this spring, when hundreds of NGOs were raided after Putin mentioned it in a speech.
Russia is the first country to initiate the Civil 20 Summit in this format.
It is expected that if recommendations are taken into account, amendments to the G20 final document could be made.

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