Anna Ryvyna and Maksym Galkin dispute their status as “foreign agents”

Anna Ryvyna and Maksym Galkin dispute their status as “foreign agents”

Anna Ryvyna, head of the “Violence.net” Center, and showman Maksym Galkin dispute their “foreign agent” status, which was granted to them by the Russian authorities. Corresponding court cards were discovered by the telegram channel “Ostrozhno, Novosti”.

Ryvyna was recognized as a foreign agent by the Ministry of Justice of Russia in February 2023, and by the Center for Combating Domestic Violence in December 2020. A few days after receiving the status, Ryvina was not allowed to enter Georgia.

Galkin was entered into the register of “innocents” in September 2022. The Russian authorities believe that he is engaged in “political activity, receiving money for it from Ukraine.” Galkin openly opposes the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Singer Alla Pugacheva, who also spoke out against the war, in response to her husband being assigned the status of “foreign agent” asked to include her in the ranks of “foreign agents.”

Earlier it became known that singer Zemfira will contest the status of “foreign agent” in court. Units managed to remove this status from themselves. According to the court’s decision, the Ministry of Justice excluded from its register, for example, the human rights project “Apologia” and several coordinators of the “Voice” movement. The decision was made “in connection with the lack of funding from foreign sources during the year.”

However, from December 2022, the Russian authorities can declare anyone who is under “foreign influence” to be a foreign agent, the definition of which is very vague in the law. Now there are more than 400 “foreign agents” in the register: individuals, mass media, NGOs and companies.

  • The status of foreign agent obliges, among other things, to report quarterly on the movement of funds on personal accounts and to mark all public messages. Errors in the report or lack of marking are punishable up to imprisonment.
  • From the end of 2022, “foreign agents” are prohibited from teaching in state institutions, organizing public events, serving in the army under contract, and being members of election commissions.



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