US state-run media RFE/RL fined $150,000 by Russia for failing to declare as ‘foreign agent’, says will appeal ‘unfair’ judgements

US state-run broadcaster

US state-run broadcaster RFE/RL has been fined 11 million rubles ($150,000) by a Russian court after failing to declare on its network of websites that they are registered as “foreign agents” – a requirement by law.

According to Roskomnadzor, Russia’s media regulator, there have been 166 instances of the broadcaster’s non-compliance with the requirement to declare foreign agent status. Thus far, courts have considered 40 of them and have ruled against RFE/RL in every single case.

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