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The Ministry of Justice has added to the register of “foreign agents”. They included “7×7”, “Center T”, Mikhail Kozyrev and others
The Ministry of Justice has updated the register of “foreign agents”. About this on the department's website.
The “foreign agents” were:
— — politician, ex-State Duma deputy (1996-2000), head of the Western Choice party;
Konstantin Borovoy - "" - online publication about the life of Russian regions;
7×7 - Horizontal Russia - music critic and producer, presenter of the Dozhd TV channel;
Mikhail Kozyrev — journalist, head of the "Planerka" project;
Alexander Litvinov - activist, board member of the organization Indigenous Peoples Rights International, which helps representatives of indigenous peoples;
Pavel Sulyandziga - "" - regional public organization;
Omsk Civil Association - "" - human rights organization helping transpersons;
Center T - ANO "" is a human rights organization that helps drug addicts.
Everyone's right 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”.
analysis of OVD-Info In addition, Vladimir Putin has 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).
signed In the fall of 2021, OVD-Info launched the 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.”