The State Duma proposed introducing liability for persons who help foreign agents evade restrictions imposed by their status. This idea, in particular, was expressed by Vasily Piskarev, chairman of the State Duma commission to investigate facts of foreign interference, Kommersant reports. The State Duma also stated that the Ministry of Justice began to maintain a unified register of individuals “affiliated with foreign agents.”
According to Piskarev, there is a proposal to make additions to the law that would allow the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation to first warn, for example, a publishing house, a bookstore or a school principal that a foreign agent is working for you. The corresponding warning is valid for a month, then, if no measures have been taken, administrative responsibility arises.
The relevant amendments may be considered by the State Duma on June 20.
The Commission on Foreign Interference in its Telegram channel also published a report on the activities of foreign agents. According to the document, since December last year, the Ministry of Justice began to maintain a register of individuals “affiliated with foreign agents.” As of December 31, it contained information about 861 “affiliated” persons. The report also says that in 2022, the Ministry of Justice declared 188 people and legal entities as foreign agents, which is 42.6% more than a year earlier (108 names).
Source: Rosbalt
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