Russia brands IStories a ‘foreign agent’ in independent media crackdown ...Middle East

In a grim development for press freedom, Russia has declared ICIJ’s local partner Important Stories (IStories) a “foreign agent”. According to local reports, Russia has also added the independent Dozhd broadcaster to its list of “foreign agents”. The two media outlets appeared on the Russian Justice Ministry’s register of “media performing the functions of a foreign agent” today. The crackdown on two of the few remaining independent media sites in Russia came just five months after police raids on iStories’ offices and homes of staff members. “It’s an honour to join the list of the best Russian journalists and media proclaimed foreign agents in the last months,” Roman Anin, IStories founder

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