RFE/RL Calls On Russia To Stop Targeting Journalists After Appeal Fails
May 07, 2021 13:33 GMT
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PRAGUE Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has called on Russia to stop targeting journalists after one of its contributors lost an appeal against her inclusion on Russia’s controversial registry of “foreign agent” media.
The City Court in the western Russian city of Pskov on May 5 said the inclusion of RFE/RL contributor Lyudmila Savitskaya on the Justice Ministry’s list was lawful.
“Lyudmila is not a foreign agent she, and RFE/RL journalists Denis Kamalyagin and Sergei Markelov, are Russian nationals providing objective news and information to their fellow citizens. We call on the Russian government to stop targeting journalists and blocking the Russian people s access to information,” RFE/RL President Jamie Fly said in a statement late on May 6.
Russian Foreign Agent Turns Tables On Officials With Transfer Of Funds
May 06, 2021 12:36 GMT
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A Russian journalist labeled as a foreign agent has turned the tables on several local lawmakers in the northwestern region of Pskov, sending them money to make them associates.
Denis Kamalyagin, the chief editor of the Pskovskaya gubernia newspaper who was labeled by a court as a foreign agent in December, said on May 5 he transferred unspecified amounts of money via his mobile phone to the region s governor, the mayor of the regional capital, Pskov, and a lawmaker representing the region in the Russian parliament s lower chamber, the State Duma.
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Jonny Tickle Journalists working for international outlets in Russia may be added to the foreign agents register, if they are deemed to have conducted activities “incompatible with their profession,” such as taking part in political protests.
As things stand, there is a short list of jobs eligible to be placed on the foreign agent list, mainly linked to those who receive foreign funding and conduct political activities in the interests of other countries.
In recent weeks, some representatives of international news outlets have been criticized for participating in protests in support of opposition figure Alexey Navalny. Many have deemed their reporting as being biased, with some suggesting they act more like activists than observers.
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The United States has voiced concern over the Russian government’s expanding repression of civil society.
On December 28, the Russian Ministry of Justice added five individuals, including prominent human rights activist Lev Ponomaryov, to a list of so-called “foreign agents.” The four others were journalist Lyudmila Savitskaya; newspaper editor Denis Kamalyagin; website journalist Sergei Markelov; and artist and rights activist Daria Apakhonchich. Savitskaya, Markelov, and Kamalyagin have been contributors to the Russian service of RFE/RL, whose parent agency is the U.S. Agency for Global Media.