In the elections to be held in September 2023, journalists included in the register of foreign agents will for the first time be marked according to their status on their accreditation certificates. The newspaper refers to the information received from Russia’s MSK. “News”.
The information reaching the newspaper was confirmed by the member of the Central Election Commission, Yevgeny Shevchenko. According to the reports, when applying for accreditation for any election in all regions in September 2023, it is necessary to indicate whether the journalist is a foreign agent. If a journalist is one of them, his status will be marked on his accreditation card, on his certificate.
CEC also emphasized that foreign media agents are not banned from accreditation in elections. Therefore, foreign agents can freely be found in the ballot boxes.
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