The Ministry of Justice recognized the "ino -agent" of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

The Ministry of Justice of Russia has replenished the register of "foreign agents". The list included the former deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Georgy Kunadze, editor -in -chief of the Vladimir publication "argument" Ilya Kosygin and political analyst Mikhail Savva.

Kaunadze was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia from 1991 to 1993, including as an ambassador and plenipotentiary ambassador, in 2005 became a full state adviser to Russia of the second class.

After the outbreak of war, he condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

“What Russia is doing today is a classic example of an abnormal foreign policy, for which its founders and performers will have to pay at best their posts, their state - collapse, and our stupefied propaganda to the people - deprivation and moral suffering. Charges cannot end today,” he wrote in the column for the “Novaya newspaper Europe,”.

• The legislation on "foreign agents" in Russia appeared in 2012. The law allowed the Ministry of Justice to recognize non-profit organizations by “foreign agents” if they receive financing from abroad and are engaged in political activities. The criteria for which such activities are determined are not clearly defined in the law, which allows the authorities to persecute organizations working in the field of education, culture, healthcare, ecology, and the protection of human rights.
• Subsequently, it became possible to recognize the media and individuals "in foreign agents", including those who do not receive foreign financing, but "are under foreign influence." What exactly should be considered foreign influence, Russian legislation does not specify.