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Russia

Russia’s top MP calls for tightening ‘foreign agents’ legislation

Posted on February 16, 2024February 16, 2024By Editor

Voters are “outraged” that those who smear the country can still earn ad revenue from domestic companies, Vyacheslav Volodin has said. … Read More >Russia’s top MP calls for tightening ‘foreign agents’ legislation

Journalism & Mass media

Registered Israeli foreign agent driving contrived campus antisemitism crisis

Posted on January 5, 2024January 5, 2024By Editor

Lawsuits accusing top US universities of harboring antisemitism all originate from one source … Read More >Registered Israeli foreign agent driving contrived campus antisemitism crisis

Russia

Russia-focused, American government-funded investigative outlet Bellingcat officially labelled ‘foreign agent’ by Moscow

Posted on October 10, 2021October 10, 2021By Editor

The Russian Ministry of Justice has included Netherlands-based digital investigations team Bellingcat in a list of ‘foreign agents’ published on Friday, along with journalists working for US state-run media RFERL and the UK’s BBC. … Read More >Russia-focused, American government-funded investigative outlet Bellingcat officially labelled ‘foreign agent’ by Moscow

Russia

Russia further tightens restrictions on ‘foreign agent’ nonprofits: labelled groups must send annual reports to Justice Ministry

Posted on October 5, 2021October 5, 2021By Editor

Russia has further tightened its law regarding organizations deemed to be ‘foreign agents,’ this time hugely increasing the annual reporting requirements for nonprofits that have been designated by the Ministry of Justice. … Read More >Russia further tightens restrictions on ‘foreign agent’ nonprofits: labelled groups must send annual reports to Justice Ministry

Russia

News site founded by Pussy Riot & Golos election monitor among 24 new groups given ‘foreign agent’ status by Russian government

Posted on October 1, 2021October 1, 2021By Editor

Two dozen Russian organizations and journalists have been added to a government list of ‘foreign agents’ with ties to overseas funding, requiring them to declare their status and abide by a series of financial disclosure rules. … Read More >News site founded by Pussy Riot & Golos election monitor among 24 new groups given ‘foreign agent’ status by Russian government

Russia

US state-run outlets Voice of America and RFE/RL ‘defiantly refusing’ to follow Russian foreign agent law, claims media regulator

Posted on June 14, 2021June 14, 2021By Editor

US state-run outfits RFE/RL and Voice of America are refusing to comply with Russian legislation on the work of foreign agents within the country, the government’s media regulator Roskomnadzor revealed on Friday morning. … Read More >US state-run outlets Voice of America and RFE/RL ‘defiantly refusing’ to follow Russian foreign agent law, claims media regulator

Russia

‘Smeared, shut out & shadow-banned’: the inside story of how RT was branded a ‘foreign agent’ by free press-loving US officials

Posted on June 6, 2021By Editor

When RT was forced to register as a ‘foreign agent’ by American authorities four years ago, it sparked a chain of events that saw the network banned from press events, cut off from potential partners and delisted on social media. … Read More >‘Smeared, shut out & shadow-banned’: the inside story of how RT was branded a ‘foreign agent’ by free press-loving US officials

Russia

Khodorkovsky’s Open Russia to dissolve & completely cease operations as organization’s leader believes crackdown is around corner

Posted on May 29, 2021By Editor

Open Russia, an organization founded by disgraced former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, is to close its operations and shut its regional offices over concerns its members and supporters may soon be targeted for prosecution. … Read More >Khodorkovsky’s Open Russia to dissolve & completely cease operations as organization’s leader believes crackdown is around corner

Russia

Bailiffs turn up to Moscow offices of US state-funded broadcaster RFERL after court upholds $390,000 in fines for ‘foreign agent’

Posted on May 17, 2021May 17, 2021By Editor

Legal officers have reportedly begun inquiries into property at the Russian headquarters of US government-funded outlet RFERL after judges handed down hefty fines to the company for violating national laws on foreign-backed media. … Read More >Bailiffs turn up to Moscow offices of US state-funded broadcaster RFERL after court upholds $390,000 in fines for ‘foreign agent’

Russia

US state-run RFERL ‘knowingly violated’ Russia’s laws, now tries to block fines in European court, FM spokeswoman tells RT

Posted on April 18, 2021April 18, 2021By Editor

The US state-funded outlet RFERL deliberately ignored Russia “foreign agents” law, turning its own violations into a political campaign after it was subjected to fines, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RT. … Read More >US state-run RFERL ‘knowingly violated’ Russia’s laws, now tries to block fines in European court, FM spokeswoman tells RT