Makarevich was declared a “foreign agent” due to “propaganda of a deviant model of behavior that is inconsistent with the policy of the Russian Federation”

Musician Andrei Makarevich was included in the list of «foreign agents» at the request of the Center «E», said the head of the human rights «Agora» Pavel Chikov, citing excerpts from the court decision.

The court concluded that Makarevich “influences the audience in order to propagate a deviant behavior pattern that is inconsistent with the state policy” of Russia.

The Office for Combating Extremism considered that Makarevich was carrying out political activities “in connection with the influence exerted on him by a foreign source”, and a large part of the materials published by him on social networks is devoted to the war in Ukraine.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the musician wrote about the crimes of the Russian military and «identified the Russian Federation and Nazi Germany.» Earlier, Makarevich's lawyer Alexander Peredruk said that Makarevich was included in the register because of the interviews he gave to foreign journalists and the media — «foreign agents», for example, Dmitry Gordon and the Dozhd TV channel.

Makarevich was declared a «foreign agent» in early September at the same time as Dmitry Gordon. The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow dismissed the musician's claim to challenge this status.

The Law on the Control of the Activities of Persons Under Foreign Influence, which allows those who did not receive funding from abroad to be declared «foreign agents», only came into force on December 1. According to these amendments, citizen, who «find tsya under foreign influence” and is engaged in political activities.

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