The Ministry of Justice for the first time excluded two people from the register of media “foreign agents”

For the first time, the Ministry of Justice excluded two people from the register of media “foreign agents” - “Voice” participants Arkady Lyubarev and Lyudmila Kuzmina. About this on the department's website.

reported “This decision was made on the basis of applications for execution, as well as documents received from authorized government bodies,” the Ministry of Justice said in a statement.

Expert of the Committee of Civil Initiatives and member of the Council of “Voice” Arkady Lyubarev and coordinator of “Voice” in the Samara region Lyudmila Kuzmina to the list of media “foreign agents” on September 29, 2021. Then 20 participants of “Voice”, the chief editor and publisher of “Mediazona” and 4 independent organizations became “foreign agents”.

On January 19, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow ruled to exclude Lyubarev from the register of media “foreign agents.”

On December 28, 2021, the Samara District Court refused to grant Kuzmina the status of a “foreign agent” while the lawsuit against the Ministry of Justice is being considered to invalidate the decision to include her in the register. However, on January 17, the same court granted this measure of preliminary protection.

suspended canceled - The “Voice” movement was the first association that the Ministry of Justice included in the register of unregistered organizations - “foreign agents”. introduced - In 2017, the Investigative Committee filed a criminal case against Lyudmila Kuzmina, initiated under the article on tax evasion (Article 199 of the Criminal Code). The case was initiated due to the fact that officials considered a grant from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) received before 2012 to the Golos-Povolzhye Foundation, which was headed by Kuzmina, as income and not a donation, and demanded that the NGO pay 2 million 222 thousand rubles tax. The statute of limitations in the case expired on March 28, 2015, but the court refused to satisfy Kuzmina’s application and close the case. In 2016, Kuzmina’s bank account, apartment and car were seized to pay off the tax debt. In June 2017, Samara Regional Court. In July, the court partially filed a woman’s complaint against the investigator’s resolution, which he drew up in response to a statement from the tax service. During the consideration of the complaint, it turned out that he did not attach any documents or evidence to it. stopped, returned the case for a new trial, satisfied , sign against the legislation on “foreign agents”! petition