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The Ministry of Justice has replenished the registers of media and individuals performing the functions of a “foreign agent”
The Ministry of Justice has expanded the registers of media outlets and individuals performing the functions of a “foreign agent.” The relevant information appeared on the department’s website [, ].
1 2 The list of media “foreign agents” included:
- Andrey Baev is the CEO of the Bookmate service.
- Alexey Dokuchaev is the Marketing Director of Bookmate and the CEO of book publishing houses Individuum and Popcorn Books.
Bookmate Limited is a company developing the Bookmate mobile service for reading books by subscription. The register of individual “foreign agents” included:
Ekaterina Kotrikadze is a journalist for Dozhd.
- Mikhail Benyash is a lawyer from the Krasnodar region.
- Natalya Sindeeva is the general director of Dozhd.
- Taras Berezovets is a Ukrainian political scientist, TV presenter of the Pryamiy channel.
- Ivan Yakovina is a Ukrainian journalist and political commentator.
- Vladimir Romensky is a journalist for Dozhd. The Dozhd TV channel itself was a “foreign agent” back in August.
recognized In 2018, a criminal case was opened against lawyer Mikhail Benyash for using violence against a police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). The court of first instance found Benyash guilty in October 2019 - he was fined 30 thousand rubles. The Krasnodar Regional Court issued a verdict in February 2021, but in April of the same year the prosecutor’s office made this decision. In February 2022, Benyash was given full preventive measures in a criminal case.
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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.
accepted 2021 2022 - OVD-Info launched the project. We investigate practices of pressure on civil initiatives and protect victims from laws on “foreign agents.”