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Russia Adds Founder Of Meduza News Website To 'Foreign Agent' List


Galina Timchenko (file photo)
Galina Timchenko (file photo)

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.

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