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| Russia's upper house approves draft ‘foreign agents’ media law | Russia's upper house approves draft ‘foreign agents’ media law |
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| The upper house of the Russian parliament has overwhelmingly supported a landmark bill requiring foreign media outlets such as Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to register as foreign agents. | The upper house of the Russian parliament has overwhelmingly supported a landmark bill requiring foreign media outlets such as Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to register as foreign agents. |
| The Federation Council supported the legislation during a vote on Wednesday. Under the law, any foreign-funded media outlet may be designated a foreign agent by the Justice Ministry. The status stipulates that those outlets must comply with the requirements of the new law. | |
| READ MORE: Russia notifies Radio Free Europe & Voice of America about possible foreign agent recognition | |
| The bill was introduced to the State Duma, the lower house, and adopted by MPs on November 15. In the bill, “foreign media performing the functions of a foreign agent,” are defined as entities distributing “to unlimited audience, print, audio, audiovisual and other messages and materials.” | |
| On November 15, following the adoption of the draft law by the State Duma, the justice ministry sent letters to a number of US-funded news outlets operating in Russia under Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, such as the television network Current Time and Radio Svoboda (Radio Liberty, the Russian language service of RFE/RL). | |
| The developments come after the US Department of Justice (DoJ) forced a company servicing RT America to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) before November 13. US authorities threatened to freeze the company’s assets if it failed to comply. | |
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