Stigma on the physical person

The State Duma adopted a bill in the first reading, which allows the media to recognize the media as “foreign agents” of individuals, TASS reports . The document also obliges with any reprinting materials recognized by the "in -agents" of the media accordingly to mark such messages accordingly.

“When distributing and quoting materials created by the media -foreign agents, it will also be necessary to indicate that the source of information is a foreign agent,” said one of the authors of the bill Vice Speaker Peter Tolstoy at the meeting. “This provision applies to all information resources, from television channels and print media to users of social networks, medical or, there, culinary sites.”

Tolstoy also explained the provisions of the document regarding individuals. "The need to indicate individuals arose in connection with the fact that part of the information distributed by the media" in foreign agents "is distributed through individuals who are the media and translate information on social networks. I emphasize once again that in this law we are not talking about the legislative regulation of the information space in Russia regarding ordinary bloggers, we are talking about the spread of information through the media social networks, recognized by foreign agents, the recognized foreign agents said Tolstoy.

On December 19, Tolstoy, Chairman of the Duma Committee on Information Policy Leonid Levin and Members of the Council of People's Commissars Andrei Klishas and Lyudmila Bokov made a document to the Lower Chamber . The bill introduces a number of amendments to the laws on the media and information clarifying the provisions of the November law on the media “agents”. In particular, the media law is supplemented by Article 25.1, which establishes that "agents" are obliged to establish a Russian legal entity within a month from the moment of recognition. Any publications of "agents" are obliged to accompany the same indication. Article 27 of the Media Law is added to the norm obliging to report on the status of "agent" and in the weekend of publications. In the law on information Article 15.9. In particular, she establishes that the “agents”, whom the court announced guilty of violation of the procedure, is sent a notification with a request from 15 days to eliminate the violation. If the editors ignore this requirement, the media website must be blocked.

The Law on Media - “Foreign Agents” was in a hurry in mid -November in response to Washington’s measures against RT and Sputnik - Russian propaganda media operating in the United States. On November 25, Putin signed the law .

On December 5, the Ministry of Justice announced the first nine media agents . These are “Voice of America”, “Radio Liberty” and seven separate projects of the latter: “Present”, “Factograph”, “Crimea. Realities”, “Caucasus. Realia”, “Siberia. Realities”, “Idel. Real” and azatlıq radiosı.

On December 21, the Ministry of Justice published a draft order clarifying the provisions of the Law on the Media "foreign agents". According to the document, any media financed by foreign structures , as well as Russian organizations receiving money from foreign sources, can be recognized as such. "Agents" will be obliged to provide the Ministry of Justice with information about the leadership, expenses report and audit report on the results of the year. In the draft order of the Ministry of Justice, it is noted that such media will be obliged to accompany their materials with an indication that they are published or widespread by the "foreigner".