Russia designates media outlet, reporters, as foreign agents seattlepi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from seattlepi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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İyulun 16-da Proyekt saytının komandası bəyan edib ki, ABŞ-da qeydiyyatdan keçmiş və bu yaxınlarda “arzuolunmaz” elan edilmiş Project Media, Inc. şirkəti özünü ləğvetmə mərhələsindədir və bundan sonra Rusiyada işləyən jurnalistlərin heç biri ilə maliyyə bağlılığı olmayacaq.
Proyekt saytının jurnalist kollektivi fəaliyyətini davam etdirəcəyini bildirib, amma bunun necə ediləcəyi aydın deyil.
Redaksiyadan deyiblər ki, iqtidar barədə təhqiqatların sayı azalmayacaq. Kollektiv onlara dəstək verənlərə təşəkkürünü bildirib.
Kremlin clarifies foreign agent status not equal to work ban for journalists - Society & Culture tass.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tass.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
I m surprised this took so long.
The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has recognized George Soros’s Open Society Institute and another affiliated organization as undesirable groups, banning Russian citizens and organizations from participation in any of their projects.
In a statement released on Monday, prosecutors said the activities of the Open Society Institute and the Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation were a threat to the foundations of Russia’s Constitutional order and national security. They added that the Justice Ministry would be duly informed about these conclusions and would add the two groups to Russia’s list of undesirable foreign organizations.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill that obliges foreign IT companies to set up local units or face penalties including a possible ban, as Moscow continues to try and tighten its control over the flow of information on the Internet. The bill, signed by Putin on July 1 and placed on the official website for legal information, requires foreign IT companies with a daily audience of at least 500,000 people to set up full-fledged branches in Russia that would be responsible for violations of Russian legislation.
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Belarusian journalist Andrey Alyaksandrau, who was arrested in January amid an ongoing crackdown on media and pro-democracy activists, has been charged with high treason. Alyaksandrau and his girlfriend Iryna Zlobina were arrested on January 12 and charged with organizing and preparing activities that violate public order over unsanctioned mass rallies demanding that long-time authoritari