Overview
- On October 24, the Ministry of Justice added journalists Irina Novik (Kuzmicheva) and Nino Rosebashvili, orientalist Ruslan Suleimanov, historian Dmitry Chernyshyevsky, and the projects Ust-Kut24 and Serditaya Chuvashiya to the registry.
- RIA Novosti reported the official notice the same day, and no immediate legal appeals or formal responses from those listed were reported in the coverage.
- Serditaya Chuvashiya founder Semen Kochkin, designated a foreign agent in 2022, said the project will continue and warned the label will further curtail advertising partnerships, adding that their Boosty page was blocked.
- Idel.Realii notes that the designation requires marked publications and regular filings and can lead to administrative penalties and criminal cases for noncompliance.
- A 2025 law lowered the threshold for criminal liability to a single prior fine for those labeled as foreign agents, tightening earlier rules.