A court in St. Petersburg suspended the “foreign agent” status of journalist Andrei Zakharov

The Kolpinsky District Court of St. Petersburg suspended the status of a media outlet - a "foreign agent", which was assigned to the journalist of the BBC Russian Service, Andrei Zakharov. It is reported by "Fontanka".

The validity of the status of a “foreign agent” was suspended on January 17 by a court decision until the end of the trial on a lawsuit filed by a journalist against the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the Kolpinsky District Court. Such a measure was taken temporarily, for a period of several weeks to several months, Zakharov told the publication.

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• Andrey Zakharov was recognized by the media as a “foreign agent” in early October 2021, along with eight other journalists and three companies. At the end of December , it was reported that Zakharov had left Russia.