Fined ₽3 Million as a 'Foreign Agent', Memorial Keeps On Fighting For the Freedom of Thought in Russia: “Our strategy is to stand up for the values” Infected with a ‘foreign agent’ paranoia, Russian state machine has been diligently trying to beat down its civil society, economically and mentally, for several years now. In the upcoming 2020, will its flagitious actions come home to roost?
New Russian Foreign Agent Bill Tightens Grip on Independent Media Russian journalists receiving support from abroad now run the risk of being labeled as agents, following the adoption of a new Russian bill. "I feel like a Jew in Germany in the late 1930s who is forced to stitch the star of David onto my clothes", says journalist Jelena Solvyeva.
