Russia's Justice Ministry has added two more independent journalists -- Olesya Gerasimenko and Sergei Yezhov -- to its "foreign agent" list. Gerasimenko works for Verstka, an independent online news publication founded in April 2022 by a group of independent Russian journalists. Yezhov is an investigative journalist with The Insider. Lawyer Grigory Vaypan, St. Petersburg deputy and LGBT activist Sergei Troshin, and former St. Petersburg municipal deputy Fyodor Utkin were also added to the "foreign agent" list. Russia has used its “foreign agent” law since 2012 to label and punish critics of government policies. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
Russia Adds 2 More Journalists To Its 'Foreign Agent' List
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