Russia's Justice Ministry on August 30 added the founder of the Latvia-based Meduza news website, Galina Timchenko, to its list of "foreign agents." The website itself was added to the list in April 2021. In January 2023, the Prosecutor-General's Office added the media outlet to its list of "undesirable organizations." The Justice Ministry on August 30 also labeled as "foreign agents" a co-founder of the Moscow-based Free University, Yelena Lukyanova, and two NGOs: Coalition Novosibirsk 2020, which monitors elections, and the Civic Initiative Against Ecological Crimes, which is involved in environmental protection projects. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
