A protocol was drawn up against the editor-in-chief of Dozhd, Tikhon Dzyadko, stating that he was not labeled as a “foreign agent.”

A protocol was drawn up against the editor-in-chief of the Dozhd TV channel, Tikhon Dzyadko, regarding the absence of the “foreign agent” marking (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code) in his publications. The case file was published on the website of the Moscow courts, Mediazona drew attention .

It is unknown for what posts an administrative case was opened against the journalist. The protocol will be considered by the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow.

Tikhon Dzyadkowas added to the register of individual “foreign agents” on October 14, 2022. On March 1, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow refused to expel him from there. The legislation on “foreign agents” is becoming stricter every year. 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 registers and other innovations in the law on “foreign agents” 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). * In the fall of 2021, OVD-Info launched the “Inoteka” project. We explore the practice of applying laws on “foreign agents”, talk about their impact on civil society and specific people, initiate discussions with experts and suggest ways of 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 were included in the registers of “foreign agents.”