Russia announced another “foreign agents”.
The Ministry of Justice announced as such Daniil Gubarev, economist Sergey Guriev, former head of Yandex.News Lev Gershenzon, politician Gennady Gudkov and blogger Veranika Vodvud (nixelpixel), Interfax reported.
The same applies to the World Wide Fund for Nature and the Free Buryatia Foundation are also recognized as foreign agents.
Gubarev, who lives abroad, “distributed materials created by foreign agents to an unlimited number of persons,” the agency explains.
Guriev was “participated in the creation and distribution of materials of foreign agents to an unlimited number of persons” and “spoke out against a special military operation in Ukraine,” the press release said.
Gershenzon created the “True Story” news site, which after this was blocked for publication of information in violation of Russian laws, the Ministry of Justice recalls. He also declared himself against the SVO and participated “in the creation by foreign agents of materials and messages intended for an unlimited circle of persons”.
Gennady Gudkov spoke negatively about the Russian military, “called for the provision of arms to Ukraine, openly speaking in support of this”. He is also accused of participating in the creation and distribution of materials by foreign agents and spreading in foreign media false information about the decisions and policies of the Russian authorities.
Waterwood “received funds from foreign sources, openly spoke out in support of Ukraine”, and also “discredited the ideas of serving the Fatherland, formed a negative attitude towards military service”, spoke negatively about the Russian army, promoted LGBT relations, “which is in contradiction with the state policy of preserving and strengthening traditional Russian spiritual and moral values, as well as constitutional priorities in the field of family, motherhood and childhood protection.
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The World Wide Fund for Nature has received support from foreign sources, according to a press release. “Under the guise of activities to protect nature and the environment, biological diversity of species, the representatives of the fund tried to influence the decisions of the executive and legislative power of the Russian Federation, hindered the implementation of industrial and infrastructure projects”, the Ministry of Justice believes that “the fund has been spreading negative information about the decisions of state authorities and their policies”.
The Free Buryatia Foundation, established in the United States, according to the Ministry of Justice, spread false information about the activities of the Russian authorities, and also participated in the creation and distribution of materials by foreign agents. The fund also called for “actions, the results of which may lead to a violation of the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation.” The fund’s activists live in foreign countries, the head of the fund is included in the register of foreign agents, the ministry announced.
We remind you that in December, Russia published a list of nearly 500 foreign agents.
In June, the lower house of the Russian parliament gave initial approval to a bill to further tighten the country’s laws against “foreign agents.”
The term, which carries connotations of Cold War-era espionage, is used by Russia as a hostile label for people and organizations it believes are engaged in foreign-backed political activity.
The first Russian law on foreign agents was passed in 2012. It has since been expanded to include non-profit organizations, the media and individual Russian citizens, including journalists and activists.
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Meanwhile, today Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented the controversial agent law that sparked the Georgia riots and drew a parallel with Russian legislation and criticisms of it.
“It’s very similar to the Maidan in Kyiv.” The words are from a comment by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov from his interview with Channel One.
“The recent events in Georgia are very similar to the Kyiv Maidan, as the situation surrounding the draft law on foreign agents was only a pretext for launching an attempt to change the government by force,” are Lavrov’s exact words.
Lavrov made a comparison with the regulations in Western countries and specifically pointed to the USA, France, India and Israel. According to him, the Georgian project “pales” in comparison to the way non-profit organizations are regulated in these countries. Lavrov said that in the USA, such a violation would lead to a fine of 250,000 dollars and 5 years in prison, and in Georgia, the stipulated fine is much smaller – 9 thousand dollars, and is passed without criminal proceedings.
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Sergey Lavrov said that there is an attempt to change the government by force in Georgia
