The Ministry of Justice excluded four more people from the register of “foreign agents”

The Ministry of Justice excluded four people from the register of media “foreign agents”: Vladimir Zhilkin, Alexander Lyutov, Alexander Grezev and Ilya Pigalkin. About this on the department's website.

Zhilkin, Lyutov, Pigalkin and Grezev are reported to be regional coordinators of the movement to protect the rights of voters “Voice”. They were included in the register of media “foreign agents” on September 29, 2021; on that day, 22 people were included there, mainly coordinators and members of the Council of “Voice,” as well as two organizations.

At the beginning of 2022, the courts will remove the status of “foreign agent”.

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On April 29, all four were rejected from the register for the first time by two people—Golos coordinators Lyudmila Kuzmina and Arkady Lyubarev.

excluded The Golos movement was the first association that the Ministry of Justice included in the register of unregistered “foreign agents.” - At the end of December 2020, the State Duma introduced changes to the legislation on “foreign agents”. According to new clarifications, the status of “foreign agent” can be obtained by an individual engaged in political activities and receiving money for this from abroad. Another bill prohibits the dissemination in the media of information from “foreign agents” without a special mark. Tightening of legislation in February 2021. accepted continued