The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation updated the register of "foreign agents", including eight people.
The list got:
- Executive Director of Memorial Elena Zhemkova;
- Blogger and former participant of "House-2" Rustam Solntsev (real name-Rustam Kalganov);
- Human rights activist, employee of Amnesty International Oleg Kozlovsky;
- President of the Assembly of the Peoples of the Caucasus, the former Deputy Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Ichkeria Ruslan Kutaev;
- politician, former political prisoner and director of Open Russia Andrei Pivovarov;
- Lawyer of the "Memorial" Natalia Secretaryeva;
- Lawyer of the "Memorial" Violetta Fitzner;
- Lawyer of the "Memorial" Denis Sedov.
According to the Ministry of Justice, they disseminated inaccurate information about the decisions and policies of the authorities of the Russian Federation, interacted with foreign organizations, distributed the materials of the “foreign agents” and opposed the “special military operation” of Russia in Ukraine.