The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation published on its website on April 12 the new names of those involved in the registration of foreign agents.
“In accordance with the orders of the Ministry of Justice of Russia, II Astashin, IA Barabanov, AA Kazantseva, NA Kuzmin, IB Filippov, as well as LLC “INOAGENT AVK” were included in the register of foreign agents.”the publication said.
It is noted that in connection with the liquidation, the regional public organization “Public Commission for the Preservation of the Heritage of Academician Sakharov” was excluded from the register of foreign agents (this material (information) was produced, distributed and (or) sent by an agent foreign “Public Commission for the Preservation of the Heritage of Academician Sakharov” or refers to the activities of a foreign agent “Public Commission for the Preservation of the Heritage of Academician Sakharov”), limited liability company “ZP” (this material (information) was produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent “ZP” or relates to the activities of a foreign agent “ZP”) and an autonomous non-profit organization for the implementation of socio-legal programs “Lilith” (this the material (information) was produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent “Lilith” or relates to the activities of a foreign agent “Lilith”).
Let us note that Ivan Astashin in 2009 organized the throwing of a bottle with a Molotov cocktail at the window of the FSB control room and for this he received 9 years in prison. Ilya Barabanov is a former deputy editor-in-chief of The New Times magazine and a special correspondent for the BBC Russian service. Anastasia Kazantseva is a science communicator, journalist and author of numerous popular science books. Nikolai Kuzmin is a deputy of the Assembly of Deputies of the rural settlement “Zavelichenskaya volost” in the Pskov region, a member of the Yabloko party. Ivan Filippov is a Russian journalist and writer. Since March 2022 he lives in Tbilisi. He runs the Telegram channel “All Quiet on the Zzzzz Western Front”, in which he spreads false information that creates a negative image of Russia and its military.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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