The Russian Supreme Court has rejected appeals filed by journalist Lyudmila Savitskaya and activist Darya Apakhonchich against rulings by lower courts refusing to delete their names from the country's so-called registry of foreign agents.
After the Supreme Court judge pronounced his decision.
A widely used weapon in the Kremlin's armory is the state's register of so-called foreign agents, with people on this official list closely monitored by the authorities.
Russia’s recent designation of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a prominent member of feminist protest group Pussy Riot, as a "foreign agent" highlights the sweeping scope of the ambiguously defined label – a…