The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has included one of the founders of the Bi-2 group, musician Yegor Bortnik, known under the pseudonym Leva, and a number of others on the list of foreign agents.
“On May 26, 2023, on the orders of the Ministry of Justice of Russia, EM Bortnik, MT Gadzhiev, IV Alleman, VL Inozemtsev, SA Chernyshov, AS Arkhipova, AT Gabuev, AE Pshenichnaya, OV Tsukanova, as well as the association “People’s Union of the Resurrection of Russia” He also made a statement from the popular movement “Mothers and Wives Council”. Message sections.
According to the Ministry of Justice, Bortnik was on the list for “opposing special military operations in Ukraine” and “speaking negatively about the Russian Federation, its citizens and state officials”.
Foreign agents also include former State Duma deputy Magomed Gadzhiev, director of the Novosibirsk Open College Sergei Chernyshov, presenter Irina Alleman, orientalist and senior researcher at the Carnegie Foundation (the organization is included in the list of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice). ) Alexander Gabuev, anthropologist Alexandra Arkhipova, Olga Tsukanova, leader of the Mothers and Wives Council.
musician in early May declarationthat he will not go back to Russia, a country that “breaks through all his achievements”.