The updated list of foreign agents was published by the Russian Ministry of Justice, as reported on June 14 on the department’s official website.
In accordance with the order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, the register of foreign agents includes video blogger and comedian Danila Poperechny (this material (information) was produced, distributed and/or) sent by a foreign agent Poperechny or is refers to the activities of the foreign agent Poperechny), the journalist Stanislav Kucher (this material (information) was produced, distributed and/or sent by the foreign agent Kucher or is related to the activities of the foreign agent Kucher) and three other people.
It is noted that the comedian and the journalist were surveyed on information platforms that appear to be foreign entities. According to the Ministry of Justice, Poperechny (this material (information) was produced, distributed and (or) sent by a Poperechny foreign agent or relates to the activities of a Poperechny foreign agent) and Kucher (this material (information) was produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent Kucher or refers to the activities of the foreign agent Kucher) created messages and materials from foreign agents, opposed the SVO and spread false information about decisions taken by the Russian authorities. Both foreign agents currently reside outside the Russian Federation.
Also included in the record is an associate of politician Boris Nadezhdin, Igor Artemyev (this material (information) was produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent Artemyev or relates to the activities of a foreign agent Artemyev). He spread false information aimed at creating a negative image of Russia. In addition, the politician created and distributed materials from foreign agents to an unlimited number of people.
Samara activist and political strategist Alexey Komelev (this material (information) was produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent Komelev or refers to the activities of a foreign agent Komelev) was also added to the list of foreign agents for disseminating false information about decisions taken by the authorities of the Russian Federation and creating and distributing to an unlimited circle of material persons of foreign agents. It is noted that he received support from a foreign source.
The last person to be included in the register of foreign agents was the clergyman Albert Ratkin (this material (information) was produced, distributed and (or) sent by the foreign agent Ratkin or refers to the activities of the foreign agent Ratkin), who In 2021 he was expelled from the United Russian Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith – Pentecostals – for violating ethics. The bishop opposed the SVO, spread false information about decisions taken by the authorities of the Russian Federation, created materials together with foreign media, and distributed messages from foreign agents to an unlimited number of people.
We remind you that the registry was last updated on May 31 of this year. Then the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation recognized Ekaterina Duntsova as foreign agents (this material (information) was produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent Duntsova or refers to the activities of a foreign agent Duntsova) , the Internet project “SOTA” (media acting as foreign agents) and the “República” project (media acting as foreign agents).
Source: Rossa Primavera
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