The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow imposed a fine of 50 thousand rubles on political scientist Ekaterina Shulman due to the lack of “foreign agent” markings in her posts (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). this with reference to the press service of the court. reports Mediazona
It is unknown which publications became the reason for drawing up the protocol. In September, Shulman was given a similar fine.
The political scientist was added to the register of “foreign agents” in the 2022 appeal. A few days before, she left Russia. The Ministry of Justice claims that Shulman received “indirect foreign funding” through Russian organizations - in particular, the talk was about the radio station “Echo of Moscow” and the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka).
- 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.”