It was proposed to introduce criminal liability for NGOs, media and individuals recognized as “foreign agents”
A draft law has been submitted to the State Duma that provides for criminal liability for employees of NGOs and individuals recognized as "foreign agents", according to the website of the legislature. The authors of the idea were United Russia deputies Vasily Piskarev, Andrey Alshevsky, Nikolai Ryzhak, Alexei Isaev, Irina Belykh, Aldabi Shkhagoshev, LDPR deputy Dmitry Savelyev and Righteous Russian Alexei Chepa, as well as members of the Federation Council Oleg Melnichenko and Arkady Klimov.