A protocol was drawn up against the writer Mikhail Zygar regarding the absence of “foreign agent” markings (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). Mediazona drew attention to the administrative file card .

It is unknown which publications became the reason for drawing up the protocol. The case will be considered by the Basmanny District Court of Moscow; the hearing date has not yet been set.

The Ministry of Justice added Zygar to the register of “foreign agents” in October 2022.

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.”

A protocol was drawn up against the writer Mikhail Zygar about the absence of “foreign agency” markings