A former employee of Navalny’s headquarters in Ufa was fined under the law on “foreign agents”

The Sovetsky District Court fined Fyodor Telin, an ex-employee of Navalny's headquarters in Ufa, 30,000 rubles under the article on non-compliance with the obligations of a "foreign agent" (part 1 of article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). He himself told OVD-Info about this, and also reported in his telegram channel.

It is not known for what exactly a protocol was drawn up against him. Telin was added to the register of “foreign agents” on November 25, 2022.

• At the end of December 2020, the State Duma adopted changes to the legislation on "foreign agents". According to the new clarifications, the status of a "foreign agent" can be obtained by an individual engaged in political activities and receiving money from abroad for this. Another draft law prohibits the dissemination of information from “foreign agents” in the media without a special mark. The tightening of legislation continued in 2021 and 2022 .
• On December 1, 2022, the law “On Control over the Activities of Persons Under Foreign Influence” came into force, as well as numerous legislative amendments to “foreign agency” regulation. You can read about the list of "affiliated persons", new registries and other innovations in the law on "foreign agents" in the analysis of OVD-Info .
• In February 2022, OVD-Info launched the Inoteka project . We explore the practice of applying laws on “foreign agents”, talk about their impact on civil society and individuals, initiate discussions with experts and suggest ways for possible changes. In December 2021, together with the Center for the Protection of Media Rights, we began to provide legal support to people and organizations that ended up in the registers of “foreign agents”.

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