In Russia, on December 1, a law came into force regulating the activities and obligations of foreign agents, providing a single registration for citizens and legal entities of this category. It also provides liability for violation of regulations. writes about it RIA News.
The Law on Control of the Activities of Persons Under Foreign Influence was passed in July 2022. As of December 1, it has been announced that real or legal persons who have received foreign support or are under foreign influence can become foreign agents.
Previously, the prerequisite for recognition as a foreign agent was only the fact of foreign financing.
Foreign resources can be foreign states, international organizations, foreign citizens or foreign bodies without forming a legal entity.
Also, such a resource can be considered a Russian citizen or a legal entity that is an intermediary in the transfer of foreign funds. At the same time, the activities of a foreign agent should be related to politics, the gathering of information in the field of military, military-technical activities of Russia, the distribution or participation of messages and materials aimed at an unlimited circle of people. creating.
Andrey Lugovoi, Former Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Russian Federation on Security and Anti-Corruption suggested Close the accounts and shops of foreign agents in the country. Lugovoi emphasized that some brands belonging to citizens with foreign agency status still operate in the country and that “the Russians do not take their hand from their pockets”.
At the same time, deputies of the State Duma adopted a technical law. ban A number of other restrictions will also come into force, including a ban on education in schools for foreign agents who will serve in the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation to hold rallies.