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At the end of last year, Russia adopted a number of
new legal measures that many observers say are intended to further restrict the country s already state-dominated media sphere. Among other things, the government has begun placing individuals on its
list of foreign-agent media, subjecting them to potential fines or prison sentences. The government has also criminalized online defamation.
Russia s state media monitor, Roskomnadzor, this week drew up its first eight
administrative protocols all of them targeting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for allegedly violating the foreign agents law.
The protocols target four of RFE/RL s Russian-language projects its main service for Russia, Radio Svoboda; the Current Time television and digital network; and Siberia.Reality and Idel.Reality, two regional sites delivering local news and information to audiences in Siberia and the Volga-Urals region.