Russia designates Dozhd and iStories as ‘foreign agents’ Evgeny Feldman On Friday, August 20, the Russian Justice Ministry designated the independent television channel Dozhd (TV Rain) and the investigative publication iStories as “foreign agents.” Both media outlets were apparently blacklisted following demands from obscure campaigners. According to Dozhd’s CEO, the television channel didn’t receive any notice about the Justice Ministry’s decision.

Meduza’s newsroom pulls up some chairs for Russia’s latest ‘foreign agent’ journalists at iStories and Dozhd Russia’s registry of “foreign agent” journalists and media outlets now boasts a mighty 43 entries . The two latest organizations to debut on this list are Dozhd, the country’s only independent television network, and a small but daring investigative project called iStories. Respectively, these outlets are the 35th and 37th entries on a list that seems bound for triple digits.

From the editorial office "Medusa" In the register of the media - “foreign agents” as of August 20, 2021 - 43 points (will there be a hundred soon?). Among the debutants of this list: the only independent Russian Rain TV channel at number 35 and a small but bold investigative media “Important Stories” at number 37. Many say: “Ino -Agent” is a quality mark, believing that it sounds comforting. In addition, in Russia, soon there will really be no independent media, not awarded with this label.

Law enforcement officers detained about 60 people at a mosque in Kotelniki near Moscow. This was reported by Mediazona with reference to the lawyer of Civic Assistance Maria Krasova. Information about the detentions of about 60 people is also provided by OVD-Info. At the same time, TASS, citing lawyer Lidia Anosova, who provides legal assistance to detainees, reports 600 detainees.

iStories editor-in-chief Roman Anin says the Russian authorities force independent journalists to register abroad and incur ‘foreign agent’ status Roman Anin, personal photo archive On August 20, Russia’s Justice Ministry added new media outlets and journalists to its ever-growing list of “foreign agents.” iStories and its editor-in-chief, Roman Anin, were among these new designees.

Here’s everything that’s happened to Alexey Navalny since he was poisoned in August 2020 Evgeny Feldman for “Meduza” Exactly one year ago, Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent in Siberia. Today, he’s sitting in a prison outside Moscow. In a post on Instagram, Navalny marked the first anniversary of his poisoning by thanking everyone who helped him survive the assassination attempt.

This is what their colleagues, employees and readers say about this Evgeny Feldman On August 20, the Ministry of Justice of Russia declared the media - the “foreign agents” of the Rain TV channel and the publication “Important Stories” . The list also included the editor -in -chief of “important stories” Roman Anin, as well as journalists Roman Shleinov, Ales Marokhovskaya, Irina Dolinina, Dmitry Velikovsky, Olesya Shmagun and Stepan Petrov.

The Ministry of Justice of Russia on August 20 entered the Rain TV channel into the media register - “foreign agents”. Now, the channel is obliged to precede all its programs by the appropriate disclaimer, which should be shown on the screen for at least 15 seconds.

“Rain” and “important stories” declared the media - “foreign agents” in Russia. How the year has passed since Navalny's poisoning. How "satellite V" is effective against "delta" Good evening, This message (material) was created and (or) widespread by a foreign media that performs the functions of a foreign agent, and (or) a Russian legal entity that performs the functions of a foreign agent This is the daily Medusa newsletter about the most important thing that happened during the day.

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"Rain" - "Foreign Agent". The editor -in -chief of the television channel Tikhon Dzyadko - about why this will not change anything Evgeny Feldman On the evening of August 20, the Ministry of Justice updated his register of media - “foreign agents” (as always on Friday). This time, the publication “Important Stories”, the Rain TV channel and several journalists were included in the list.

"Not to be on this list is already indecent" Evgeny Feldman “Rain” and “important stories” were declared “foreign agents” . On August 20, the Ministry of Justice brought to the corresponding register a limited liability company (LLC) "Rain" and the legal entity of Istories Fonds registered in Latvia, through which " important stories " work.

The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on nine individuals and two Russian entities in connection with the poisoning of opposition politician Alexei Navalny.

The editor -in -chief of “Important Stories” Roman Anin - on the recognition of the publication (and his personally) “foreign agent” Archive of Roman Anina (journalist Roman Anin announced in Russia by the media - “Foreign Agent”) On August 20, the Ministry of Justice included the Media - “Ino -Agents” publication “Important Stories”, the Rain TV channel, as well as several journalists - including the editor -in -chief of “important stories” of Roman Anin.

Vladimir Putin. The negotiations traditionally took place in a constructive businesslike atmosphere. The Taliban in power is a reality, we must proceed from it, not allowing the collapse of Afghanistan. The US operation failed, but it is not in our rules to trample on the failures of the Americans, we just want stability. The situation in Belarus should be resolved only by the Belarusians themselves, without external interference.