Starting October 1, 2026, «foreign agents» must submit reports to the Ministry of Justice only through an electronic portal, and in the first days of its operation users complained about errors that prevented documents from being sent. According to Important Stories, developing the GIS NKO system, which includes the portal, cost the budget 1.1 billion rubles.

#GISNKO #Goskljuch #publicservices #foreignagents #ministryofjustice #Schetnajapalata

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A magistrate court in Moscow sentenced the editor-in-chief of Mediazona, Sergei Smirnov, in absentia to one year in a general-regime penal colony in a case involving violations of the «foreign agents» law. He was also banned from administering websites for two years.

#Foreignagents #Mediazona #Moscow #Russiancourts #SergeySmirnov

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Security forces conducted a search at Z-blogger Roman Alekhin’s home. Alekhin himself said the investigative actions are connected to a criminal case opened in 2025, and his wife Ekaterina said that his laptop and phone were seized, but he was not detained.

#Zenvironment #Foreignagents #Kurskregion #Mediazona #ministryofjustice #RomanAlehin #Russia

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Russia’s Ministry of Justice added Zhanna Nemtsova, the daughter of the slain opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and the founder of a foundation bearing his name, to the registry of «foreign agents». The list also includes lawyer and Circassian activist Rustam Khuazhev, as well as the information resources «Navalny Team» and «Reanimation».

#ZhannaNemcova #foreignagents #KomandaNavalnogo #MinjustRossii #resuscitation #RustamHuazhev

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The Zavolzhsky District Court of Ulyanovsk sentenced Astra founder and editor-in-chief Anastasia Chumakova in absentia to seven years in a penal colony in a case involving military «fakes» and evasion of the duties of a «foreign agent». She was also banned from administering websites for four years and fined 200,000 rubles.

#astra #Foreignagents #Fakesaboutthearmy #AnastasiaChumakova #Russiancourts #MurdersinBucha #Ulyanovsk

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia has declared Little Big frontman Ilya Prusikin wanted at the federal level. A criminal case has been opened against him, but the ministry did not specify under which article exactly.

#LittleBig #Eurovision #IljaPrusikin #foreignagents #MinistryofInternalAffairsofRussia

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Moscow’s Nikulinsky Court sentenced 20-year-old Elizaveta Mazurova to 12.5 years in a penal colony in the case of the attack on 59-year-old Galina Tikhomirova on the instructions of scammers. The prosecutor requested 10 years in a penal colony for her, and the court also ordered compulsory treatment and outpatient psychiatric supervision.

#foreignagents #Mediazona #Moscow #court #Telephonescammers

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The Russian Ministry of Justice updated the «foreign agents» register on Friday and added film director Andrey Zvyagintsev to it. Along with him, the list also included journalist Mikhail Shevelev, Kazakh blogger and activist Yerzhan Turgumbay, video blogger Pavel Ivanov, and the «Anarchist-35» project.

#AndreyZvyagintsev #VeniceFilmFestival #foreignagents #CannesFilmFestival #MinistryofJusticeofRussia #Oscar

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The Russian Interior Ministry has put satirist and video blogger Dmitry Purkin, known as «Grandpa Archimedes», on the wanted list. The wanted notice says he is being sought under a criminal article, but it does not specify which one.

#foreignagents #MinistryofInternalAffairsoftheRussianFederation #MinistryofJusticeoftheRussianFederation #Russia #France

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The Russian Ministry of Justice updated the register of «foreign agents»: Ekaterina Mereminskaya, Elena Matveeva, Rinat Mukhametov, the Telegram channel «Channel of the Visionary», and the project «Perm-36» were added to it. Historian and blogger Yevgeny Ponasenkov was also removed from the list.

#foreignagents #MinistryofJusticeoftheRussianFederation #Russia

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The Russian Ministry of Justice has added Novaya Gazeta to the registry of «foreign agents». The same list also includes publicist Sergei Leibgard, former editor-in-chief of the publishing house Individuum Felix Sandalov, professor Tatyana Tatarinova, and the magazine Historical Expertise.

#foreignagents #MinistryofJusticeoftheRussianFederation #NovayaGazeta

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During the discussion in the Duma of the new repressive law, Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin stated: «Those who left abroad and harm the country are not the opposition, they are traitors, they are criminals». A little earlier, he branded political emigrants with an even harsher word in the now-familiar style of Russian politics, calling the initiative «a law against degenerates». But apparently he was very nervous, so he accidentally inserted an extra word — «against».

#ViacheslavVolodin #TheStateDuma #lawofscoundrels #foreignagents #Leviathan #humanrights #repressions #Russia #Esopolanguage

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Across the country, bookstores are undergoing searches and prosecutor inspections. Publishers send them lists of «banned» books that must be removed from sale and destroyed. All foreign agent books must be sold by the end of summer: from September 1, any educational activity by authors with this status will be prohibited. How do small bookstores in the regions survive under these conditions? A report from Rostov-on-Don, where, despite all difficulties, there are three such stores.

#business #foreignagents #Books #LGBT #youth #society #education #Regions #reportage #repressions #Russia #securityforces #south

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