The Ministry of Justice recognized Danila Perenichnaya and Stanislav Kucher

The Ministry of Justice of Russia on Friday included the so -called foreign agents of comedian Danil of the transverse and US journalist Stanislav Kucher.

The transverse, according to the Ministry of Justice, "took part in the creation of the materials of foreign agents aimed at the formation of a negative image of the Russian Federation and the army, and received support from foreign sources. In addition, he participated in the information plan provided by the foreigner as a respondent."

In addition to them, the Samara politician Alexei Komelev, who collaborated with the opposition politician Ekaterina Duntsova (Duntsova, was recognized as an “ino -agent” two weeks ago); The financial authorized former deputy of the State Duma Boris Nadezhdin Igor Artemyev and the bishop of the Baptist Church "New Word" Albert Ratkin, detained in August last year in the case of "fakes" about the Russian army.

• 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 funding 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 agents of the media and individuals, 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.

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