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.
On Wednesday, Russia’s Ministry of Justice released a series of updates to its register of NGOs and businesses that officials say take cash from abroad to influence the political and media landscape in Russia. Among those now included are civil liberties group OVD-Info, election activists Golos and news-site Mediazona, which was founded by members of anarchist feminist punk rock group Pussy Riot. In addition, the Center for German and European Culture in Nizhny Novgorod and the Center for Gender Studies in Ivanovo join the 24 additional organizations labeled foreign agents.
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