Russia on Thursday declared Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a founding member of the Pussy Riot band, and prominent satirist Viktor Shenderovich "foreign agents" as authorities press ahead with a crackdown o…
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- Tolokonnikova, 32, is one of three members of Pussy Riot who were sentenced to two years in prisonMoscow (AFP) – Russia on Thursday declared Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a founding member of the Pussy Riot band, and prominent satirist Viktor Shenderovich “foreign agents” as authorities press ahead with a crackdown on dissent.
- Advertising Read moreThe justice ministry also added to its list of “foreign agents” six other figures including journalist Taisiya Bekbulatova, art collector Marat Gelman and Veronika Nikulshina, another Pussy Riot member.
- The “foreign agent” list currently has 111 names.
- A number of independent media outlets including Rain TV and Meduza, a popular Russian-language website, have previously been branded “foreign agents”.
- Navalny’s team pointed out that some of the new additions to the “foreign agent” list were not journalists.