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Open Society Institute
The Open Society Institute (OSI) is a coordinating body, started in early 1994, of the national Soros Foundations, especially in Eastern Europe, which spends money donated by billionaire philanthropist George Soros.
In the past, Open Society Institutes were forcibly shut down by the governments of Croatia, Belarus and Yugoslavia, and singled out by former Slovakia Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar. Offices in Russia and Kyrgystan have also been raided by police several times. The Institute has also been accused of funding and organising the anti-government protests which formed the Color revolutions in Eastern Europe.
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