"Medusa" announced a fundraiser

The Medusa publication, which the Ministry of Justice announced the media that performs the functions of a foreign agent, announced the crowdfunding campaign - raising funds for the existence of the publication.

They are trying to kill Medusa. The Ministry of Justice of Russia declared us a "foreign agent." Because of this, we lost advertisers. This means that we end with money. Right now, ”the editorial office said.

The media invited readers to arrange donates - one -time or regular donations - to support the work of the publication. The statement says that Medusa refused the offices in Moscow and Riga (it is registered in Latvia), almost completely stopped cooperation with freelance authors and cut off salaries - from 30 to 50%.

• The Ministry of Justice of Russia introduced the Medusa publication in the media register that performs the function of a foreign agent on April 23.
• On April 24, the external relations of the European Union published a statement in support of Medusa.
• In 2012, the law on foreign agents began to operate in Russia. According to the document, any NPO or public movement can be included in the list of agents if they receive financial support from abroad and conduct political activities. At the same time, the criteria for which such activities are determined are not clearly defined in the law.
• The legislation on "foreign agents" in Russia is criticized by human rights activists who fall under it by organizations and other countries. The Russian authorities are recommended to abandon the term "foreign agent" and clearly determine the concept of "political activity" for NPOs.
• “Media - a foreign agent” can also recognize an individual who distributes the materials of the publication or legal entity recognized by a foreign agent, participates in their creation and receives foreign financing
• The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation included five people in the register of "foreign media performing the functions of a foreign agent." Human rights activist Lev Ponomarev, activist Daria Apakhonchich, editor -in -chief of the Pskov province, Denis Kamalyagin, collaborating with Radio Liberty, journalists Lyudmila Savitskaya and Sergey Markelov fell into the register. . The Ministry of Justice did not explain on what grounds he included five people in the register.
  
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