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Actor, music critic and lawyer: The Ministry of Justice has added to the register of “foreign agents”
The Ministry of Justice has added to the register of “foreign agents.” The relevant information appeared on the department's website.
The list included:
- Artemy Troitsky, journalist and music critic;
- Arthur Smolyaninov, actor;
- Sergei Kirsanov, former priest, host of the YouTube channel “Cleric”;
- Anatoly Fursov, lawyer, head of the Guild of Professional Rent Payers;
- Sergei Ukhov, ex-head of Navalny’s Perm headquarters;
- Alexander Shelest, Ukrainian blogger and TV presenter.
Also included in the list is the limited liability company “TENES”: this is a legal entity of human rights activist and journalist Irek Bikkinin , journalistsVeronica Kutsillo, Ivan Zhadayev, Natalia Telegina, Anton Dolin , Lyubov Barabashova and writer Mikhail Zygar , who were previously included in the register of “foreign agents”.
Earlier, the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin , demanded that a criminal case be opened against Artur Smolyaninov because of his statements about the war in an interview with Novaya Gazeta.Europe.
Anatoly Fursov is wanted in the case of the murder of pensioners, which he considers fabricated.
- In December 2022, the law and numerous legislative amendments to “foreign agency” regulation came into force. Among other things, they tighten liability for failure to submit reports to the Ministry of Justice, and also abolish banking, family and commercial secrets. More details in the analysis of OVD-Info .
- In addition, Vladimir Putin signed a law on imprisonment for a term of up to five years for “foreign agents” who were brought to justice twice in a year for violating the procedure for the activities of a “foreign agent” (Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code).