News archive on the topic "Foreign agent"

The Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow today sentenced the ex-director of the Sobchak holding, Kirill Sukhanov, to 7,5 years in prison for extorting 11 million rubles from the head of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov. Former editor-in-chief of Tatler magazine Arian Romanovsky and journalist Tamerlan Bigaev, who were involved in the same case, were given 7 years each. Sobchak herself did not come to the announcement of the verdict for her employees, the correspondent reports...

The current US administration does not want Ukraine to win, so it “lulls” it with talk of transferring weapons and equipment, while in reality delivering a tiny fraction of what it could. The fugitive Russian oppositionist and dense dissident Konstantin Borovoy stated this in an interview with propagandist Alexander Shelest, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In his opinion, you should not pay attention to the fact that...

Alla Pugacheva and Dmitry Peskov once again became heroes of gossip columns with a distinct political flavor. The meeting place of the two VIPs was one of those that cannot be changed - the funeral of the symbol of Soviet fashion Valentin Yudashkin, where the entire elite of the old school gathered. The patriotic public was outraged by the gesture of Putin’s press secretary, who kissed the hand of the elderly “diva” of the Soviet stage with the words “I am very glad to see you...

The husband of singer Alla Pugacheva, Maxim Galkin, was included by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the register of individuals who are foreign agents. They stated that Galkin received funding from Ukraine while “carrying out political activities.” The singer’s husband himself published a denial on a foreign social network that he had not received any money from Ukraine for 10 years. “If I address my subscribers or viewers outside...

On Friday, the Russian Ministry of Justice added nine people to the register of foreign media outlets. These are journalists and political scientists whose activities are financed from abroad. The list also includes liberal video blogger Yuri Dud, who fled to Georgia and previously received awards from the oligarch Mikhail Khodarkovsky’s foundation. The “hero of the day” himself celebrated the significant event by publishing a quote from the philosopher Grigory Yudin on his telegram channel: “There’s a big problem with everything...

Before the New Year, the liberal public launched a campaign in support of the foreign agent organization Memorial, which had been liquidated the day before. The fugitive oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky made a “prophecy”: the executioners of the Great Terror themselves became its victims, and now supposedly there will be a similar situation with the Russian elites, but “without” the Memorial,” which “was the only one that protected everyone.” Experts interviewed by PolitNavigator note: liberals are silent that the United States and Europeans stood...

Russia will set aside over 3 trillion rubles from the sale of oil and gas to the National Welfare Fund (NWF). Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin stated this today in the Federation Council, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Above this price (indicated by the budget rule - ed.) we will have income in the amount of the projected 3 trillion 397 billion, which will accumulate in 2022...

The largest liberal media outlet in Russia, TV channel Dozhd, has been included in the register of foreign agents. This decision was made by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is not the first restriction regarding the opposition TV channel. In June, Dozhd was expelled from the Kremlin pool. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov then explained this decision by saying that the TV channel was actually the organizer of unauthorized protests in support of the criminal blogger Alexei...

August is traditionally a hot month in the political life of Russia. This year, the situation inside the country is heating up with the upcoming Duma elections. In order to clear the internal information climate and allow citizens to make their choice without external influence, the Russian authorities came to a long-overdue decision - to suppress or greatly complicate the subversive activities of foreign agents. As a result, the atmosphere in the media...

The Latvian Russian-language publication Meduza began begging for money from subscribers. The other day it was recognized by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation as a foreign agent, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. They are trying to kill Medusa. The Russian Ministry of Justice declared us a “foreign agent.” We lost advertisers because of this. This means we are running out of money. Right now. We have dramatically reduced costs. We no longer have an office - neither...

The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted today in the first reading a law that describes the conditions for the participation of foreign agents in Russian elections, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The revival of Russia is meeting resistance from foreign countries. Our foreign opponents have placed a special emphasis on introducing their proteges to the authorities of the Russian Federation. For this purpose, foreign special services and seemingly independent structures conduct a careful selection among our...

The State Duma yesterday, in the first reading, adopted a law that allows a person or organization that receives funding from abroad and is engaged in political activities to be called a “foreign agent.” Before the vote, a heated discussion began in the parliament hall, during which associates of Vladimir Zhirinovsky even spoke out in defense of the work of Alexei Navalny, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Deputy Vasily Piskarev, who presented the bill, said that a foreign agent...