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The Ministry of Justice added three registers of “foreign agents” at once
The Ministry of Justice added three registers of “foreign agents” at once: , and . Information about this is published in the relevant sections on the department’s website.
Mass media of individuals from unregistered public associations The list of individuals—“foreign agents”—includes:
- Miron Fedorov - rapper Oxxxymiron;
- Irina Storozheva is a participant in the protest movement in Khabarovsk;
Alena Popova is a human rights activist. New media - “foreign agents”:
Iskender Yasaveev - sociologist;
- Evgenia Baltatarova - journalist;
- Dmitry Glukhovsky is a writer. The LGBT Resource Center was included in the register of unregistered public associations performing the function of a “foreign agent.”
In Russia, a criminal case has been opened against Dmitry Glukhovsky for “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), the writer is wanted.
announced to Journalist Evgenia Baltatarov on September 30 in Kazakhstan - it was initially reported that the detention was related to an international search under an article about “fake news” about the Russian army (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Later, the Kazakh publication Ak Zhaiyk, citing the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, stated that Baltatarova was detained under the article of knowingly false reporting of an act of terrorism (Part 1 of Article 207 of the Criminal Code).
Iskender (Iskander) Yasaveev was detained and searched as part of a case of public justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).
was held on October 7. The Ministry of Justice of two people - journalist Vladimir Voronov and coordinator of the “Voice” movement in the Perm region Vitaly Kovin - from the register of media “foreign agents”. On October 6, members of the “Spring” movement Bohdan Lytvyn and Timofey Martynenko were added to the register of individuals - “foreign agents”. excluded were added - 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 continued over the years.