US funded news outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has been fined around $1,600 for not complying with Russian foreign agent laws.
RFE/RL along with Voice of America (VOA) were designated as foreign agents under the law signed last year by Russian president Vladmir Putin which allowed Russia’s Justice Ministry to brand media outlets that receive foreign funding as “foreign agents.”
However, RFE/RL and VOA are the only two organisations to be termed as “foreign agents”.
RFE/RL president Thomas Kent said the prosecution of RFE/RL was a “sharp new escalation in a series of Russian actions aimed at hamstringing the work of the Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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