The Ministry of Justice included in the register of “foreign agents” two legal entities created by “foreign agents”

The Ministry of Justice included LLC “LPNM” and LLC Publishing House “New Chapter” in the register of media “foreign agents”, as follows from the list on the department’s website.

LLC “LPNM” (Ice Under the Major’s Feet) was created by former employees of “Team 29”, previously recognized by the media as “foreign agents”: Valeria Vetoshkina, Elena Skvortsova, Maxim Olenichev and Maxim Zagovora. The general director of the legal entity is Conspiracy.

New Chapter LLC was founded by Radio Liberty journalists Andrei and Alina Grigoriev, also recognized as “foreign agents” by the media.

• On July 18, 2021, Team 29, led by Ivan Pavlov, announced its closure.
• “Team 29” specialized in protecting freedom of speech, led the case of Ivan Safronov and a number of other criminal cases of treason and espionage. The announcement of the cessation of activities was preceded by the blocking of the project website . The explanatory note from Roskomnadzor states that the project’s website contained certain materials from the organization Společnost Svobody Informace, registered in the Czech Republic and recognized as undesirable in Russia. “Team 29” denied the presence of materials from the Czech organization on the site.