The Ministry of Justice added to the list of “foreign agents”

The Ministry of Justice has expanded the register of media outlets and individuals performing the functions of a “foreign agent.” Relevant information is on the department's website.

appeared The list included:

• Rovshan Askerov is a former expert on “What? Where? When?". Previously, there was a criminal case against him under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism (Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code); initiated the environmental movement "42" - a public association that defends the environmental rights of residents of the Arkhangelsk region;
• Ruben Apresyan - philosopher, head of the ethics sector at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
• Mikhail Fishman - Dozhd journalist;
• Rostislav Murzagulov is a former assistant to the head of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov, host of the Open Media YouTube channel;
• edition of The Bell. In addition to the “foreign agents” themselves, the list contains several “participants” of “foreign agents” - legal entities: six people from the “42” movement and 20 people from The Bell, including the founder of the publication Elizaveta Osetinskaya and the editor-in-chief Irina Malkova, who are included in the register of “foreign agents” ” in a personal capacity back in April. For individuals, the Ministry of Justice indicated the TIN.

Rostislav Murzagulov brought a lawsuit to the Supreme Court in November with a claim against the Ministry of Justice about the department’s inaction, demanding to recognize himself as a “foreign agent.” In the statement of claim, he indicated that he considers the registry to be “a list of decent and courageous people.”

This is the first case known to us when the Ministry of Justice included a person in the register of “foreign agents” after his own request.

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On December 6, the Ministry of Justice excluded two legal entities from the register: the organization for the protection of women’s rights and interests “Women’s Voice” from Tomsk and the St. Petersburg information bureau of the Council of Ministers of the Nordic countries. Information about this is contained in the register. “Women’s Voice” will be added to the register in May 2022, and the St. Petersburg organization will be added to the register in 2015. In June 2022, the Tomsk mayor's office will seize the premises of a women's shelter from the "Women's Voice".

23:20 included made a decision - 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.” "Inoteka"