Yana Troyanova Weighs Court Challenge to Foreign Agent Status in Russia
Actress Yana Troyanova has indicated she intends to challenge her designation as a foreign agent in Russia. The information was reported by the news agency TASS. Troyanova has asked the Russian Ministry of Justice to revoke the foreign agent status through the court system.
A representative from the Moscow Zamoskvoretsky Court stated that a case had been received. The defendant in the matter is the Ministry of Justice of Russia and the court has yet to set a date for the evaluation of the claim.
In October, following the publication of an interview with journalist Yuri Dudy, who is also recognized by Russian authorities as a foreign media agent, activists raised questions about Troyanova being labeled a foreign agent and indicated the possibility of criminal proceedings under the article addressing incitement of hatred or hostility and degradation of human dignity.
In the interview with Dudy, Troyanova disclosed that she left Russia for France in October of the previous year after completing filming for the final season of a television project. Before her departure, she sold a central Moscow apartment on Bolshaya Ordynka for 40 million rubles.
On October 12, a television host, Ksenia Borodina, took over the role of Yana Troyanova in the reality show The Last Hero. Troyanova was officially designated as a foreign agent in November of the previous year. Earlier, the director of Lenfilm had been placed on a wanted list. [Attribution: TASS] [Context: public reporting on legal status and career movements in Russia]