(Reuters) - Russia's Justice Ministry on Friday placed Zemfira, one of post-Soviet Russia's most popular singers, on a list of foreign agents on grounds that she supported Ukraine and criticised Russia's "special military operation" in that country.
Russians labelled foreign agents have often been subjected to police searches and other punitive measures. Many have left the country in the past year.
Umar Mitsutaro Yamaoka Kotaro, known as the first Japanese person to perform the Hajj, was on a mission when circumstances sent him down an unforeseen path.