How much will it cost to become an ino -agent

On December 5, the State Duma adopted a law on punishment for those recognized by the media - foreign agents. The bill suggests that the media-foreign agents and persons equated to them will be fined for violations of legislation on agents for the amount of ten thousand to five million rubles. A foreign agent can recognize almost any Russian citizen. He will be obliged to register with the Ministry of Justice and marke the information that he distributes. The edition of Znak.com calculated how much the recognition of the foreigner will cost the Russian.

Registration in the Ministry of Justice

An individual who should register in the Ministry of Justice will fall under the legislation on non -profit organizations (NPOs). It will be necessary to pay for the state fee and within a month to collect a package of documents, which, according to lawyers, is not an easy task. Duties - 4 thousand rubles, a package of documents will cost from 15 to 25 thousand rubles. Depending on the complexity of the collection of documents, the amount may increase. Experts in the comments of Znak.com said that when checking documents in the Ministry of Justice, they can be found up for commas, that when alteration, the cost of collecting documents can increase.

Accounting and audit

Inagent must submit reports to the Ministry of Justice and the tax service. It will cost about 10.15 thousand rubles on a quarterly. And there should also be an annual external audit of financial activity if it was not even conducted. This can cost from 30 to 150 thousand rubles. And not the fact that auditors will want to deal with inagents.

Fines, lawyers' services and liquidation

If the law on foreign agents will be violated, then a person will have to pay 10 thousand rubles, an official (and if you are an individual-in-Iinagent, then you are by definition an official)-50 thousand rubles, a legal entity-from 500 thousand rubles and 1 million rubles with a second violation.

In order not to get a fine or dispute it, you will need a lawyer - this is 20 thousand rubles a month. If you need to eliminate the legal entity - 50 thousand rubles.

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Laws on foreign media and punishments for them were criticized by human rights activists, international organizations and a professional community. The document adopted by the State Duma should be approved by the Federation Council and sign the President of Russia, and then he will enter into force in February 2020.

• The law on foreign agents was adopted in Russia in 2012. According to its provisions, any non-profit organization or public movement can be included in the list of agents if they receive financial support from abroad and conduct political activities. The criteria by which such activities are determined are not clearly defined in the law. The organizations who have entered the register must periodically report on their financial activities, as well as indicate on the Internet and in all publications in the media that they are a foreign agent. Violations can lead to millionth fines.
• In November 2017, a law was adopted in Russia, which allows us to recognize the media that receive financing from abroad by foreign agents. To date, the Ministry of Justice attributed to the “foreign agents” of the ten media: “Voice of America”, “Idel.real”, “Caucasus. Realia”, “Crimea. Realities”, the TV channel “Present time”, Tatar-Bashkir Radio Liberty Service (Azatliq Radiosi), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (PCE/PC), Radio, Radio, Radio "Siberia. Realia", "Factograph" and "North. Realia".
• The President of the Medical Corporation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Jamie Fly called the actions of the Russian authorities who introduced the corporation projects to the list of foreign agents “politically motivated”. “This is an attempt to make independent media in Russia and deprive an audience of access to information that is not under the control of the Kremlin, the US law guarantees the RSA/RC editorial independence. The assumptions that we or our journalists are agents of any government are false, ”he said.