MOSCOW, Apr 25Any Russian or foreign individual or legal entity that receives foreign support, is under foreign influence, and carries out political activities follows from the bill posted in the Duma electronic database. «A foreign agent can be recognized as any Russian or foreign legal entity, regardless of its organizational and legal form, another association of persons or an individual, regardless of his citizenship or lack thereof, if such persons receive foreign support or are under foreign influence and carry out political activities,» the explanatory materials say.
16:06The Federation Council Commission will discuss a new draft law on foreign agents at the end of MayThe status will also be granted to those who conduct a targeted collection of information in the field of military-technical activities of the Russian Federation, if this data may threaten the security of the Russian Federation.Foreign influenceA separate article of the bill provides an explanation of foreign influence that determines the status foreign agent. As noted, foreign influence «is understood as the provision of support by a foreign source to a person and (or) the impact on a person, including through coercion, persuasion and (or) other means.» At the same time, «support» is the provision of monetary funds to a person from foreign sources funds, other property, as well as the provision of organizational, methodological, scientific and technical assistance and assistance in other forms. The following are indicated as foreign sources: foreign states, public authorities of foreign states, international and foreign organizations, foreigners and stateless persons, citizens of the Russian Federation and Russian legal entities receiving foreign assistance or intermediaries in the implementation of such assistance, «persons under the influence» of the above sources. Types of activities The project also specifies the types of activities for which the status of a foreign agent can be assigned. Among them are political activities and the targeted collection of information in the field of military, military-technical activities of the Russian Federation. result in an election, referendum» or in election observation, public appeals to authorities and their officials, conducting public opinion polls, financing political activities and involving minors in it.
16:02 The Ministry of Justice will be able to ask the RKN to restrict access to the website of a foreign agent
