Another report was drawn up against rapper Alisher Morgenstern due to the absence of the “foreign agent” label on publications on social networks (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). attention to this . drew "News Caution"
The protocol was received by the Savelovsky District Court of Moscow. It is not specified which specific posts led to the protocol being drawn up.
to the register of “foreign agents” Morgenstern was added in May 2022. Previously, Morgenstern had already been fined for violating “foreign agency” legislation. In June, the Savelovsky District Court imposed a fine of 40 thousand rubles on the musician due to the absence of the “foreign agent” label in the posts of his Telegram channel (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code).
In November, the rapper was fined 40 thousand rubles in an administrative case for failure to provide a report of a “foreign agent” (Part 2 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code).
- 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.”