The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has entered legal entities of the publications “Rosbalt” and Republic into the register of foreign media agents.
The Ministry’s website reports that the register of mass media performing the functions of a foreign agent includes Moscow Digital Media LLC and RS-Balt JSC. They became the 87th and 88th in this list.
Earlier, the Ministry of Justice recognized Meduza, “Important Stories”, The Insider, the TV channel “Rain” as foreign agents.
A week ago, nine journalists and three companies were included in the register of foreign media agents. These are, in particular, former and current employees of the BBC Russian service, as well as recognized foreign agents of the “Present” and “Radio Liberty”.
The law on foreign Media was adopted in Russia in 2017. Media resources receiving funding from abroad are included in the register. They are obliged to label their materials indicating the status of the media-foreign agent, provide data on the composition of the management and the expenditure of money.