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A "foreign agent" in Russia is a designation by the Russian government to persons or entities it deems to receive funding from abroad while participating in political activities in Russia, disseminating information in mass media, or collecting military-technical information within the borders of the Russian Federation.
The state imposes a number of restrictions and requirements on the activities of foreign agents. As of March 2021, foreign agents in Russia are divided into three groups, which were defined by law in different years:
Registers (lists) of foreign agents are maintained by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation (Minister since 2020 - Konstantin Chuychenko), adding information to them or deleting organizations from there. [6]
The law provides for the obligation of an organization performing the functions of a foreign agent to independently report this to the Ministry of Justice, initiating its inclusion in the register. However, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation may establish the status of an NPO as a “foreign agent” on its own initiative and require the NPO to apply for inclusion in the register. If an NPO refuses to submit such an application, the Ministry of Justice has the right to fine the organization or suspend its work for up to six months. The decision of the Ministry of Justice can be challenged in court.
Starting from 1 December 2022, a unified register of foreign agents is maintained. [7]
Since the inclusion in the register was seen by many as placing a negative label on NGOs, which damaged their reputation and presented NGOs as a kind of hostile element [8] (due to the interpretation of the phrase “foreign agent” as a synonym for the phrase “foreign spy”), after the adoption of the law, NGOs were not particularly active fulfilled his requirements. [9] Thus, as of 1 August 2014, only 11 organizations were included in the register, despite the fact that officials, just four months after the adoption of the law, announced 654 organizations - potential candidates for being included in the list. [9] .At the same time, although a number of experts point out the need to account for "foreign agents" as lobbyists, it is believed that damage to reputation persists even after the organization is excluded from the register. [8]
In the future, the number of NGOs in the register began to increase. So, as of March 2017, there were already 102 organizations in the register, while some of them managed to achieve a formal exclusion. [10] However, the Ministry of Justice continued to list them on its website, indicating the date and reason for the termination of the status of "foreign agent". [10] The maintenance of the register was regulated by a departmental order of the Ministry of Justice, which did not provide for the complete deletion of information, and, moreover, was applied inconsistently. So, in October 2015, information about organizations that were excluded from it briefly disappeared from the register, but then this information quickly returned to the register [11] .As a result, in January 2016, the Kostroma Center for the Support of Public Initiatives appealed to the Supreme Court against the order of the Ministry of Justice on the procedure for maintaining the register of non-profit organizations performing the functions of a “foreign agent”, stating that it contradicts the federal law on NGOs and that the continued presence in the published register of an organization that ceased to perform the functions of a “foreign agent”, damages its business reputation. [12] As a result of legal proceedings, despite the initial position [12] of the Ministry of Justice on the compliance of this procedure for maintaining the register with the law, the order was corrected, and information about organizations that ceased to perform the functions of a “foreign agent” was completely excluded from the register in March 2017. [10] The columns on the date and reason for the exclusion in the registry itself remained. [10]
According to Deutsche Welle, out of 200 NGOs recognized as "foreign agents" from 2013 to February 2021, 45 no longer perform the functions of a "foreign agent",[ clarification needed ] 56 have voluntarily dissolved themselves, 16 have been liquidated by the court, 8 have been excluded from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and 75 remain in the register. The following profiles are in the registry: [13]
Among them are 25 organizations from Moscow, 13 from St. Petersburg, 7 from Yekaterinburg and 30 from other regions of Russia.
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Foreign agents include: [14] [15] [ dead link ]
The entry into the register occurred with reference to Article 32 of the Federal Law of 12.01.1996 No. 7-FZ “On Non-Commercial Organizations”.
| № | Name | Date of inclusion in the register | Date of inclusion in the register |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Eurasian Antimonopoly Association | 27 June 2013 | |
| 76 | Interregional public organization Human Rights Center "Memorial" | 21 July 2014 | |
| Kaliningrad regional public organization "Ecoprotection! - Women's Council" | 21 July 2014 | ||
| Foundation for Assistance to the Protection of Citizens' Rights and Freedoms "Public Verdict" | 21 July 2014 | ||
| Foundation "Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information" | 28 August 2014 | ||
| Private institution "Information Agency MEMO.RU" | 20 November 2014 | ||
| Non-profit partnership "Institute of Regional Press" | 20 November 2014 | 25 March 2022 | |
| Regional public organization "Public Commission for the Preservation of the Heritage of Academician Sakharov" | 25 December 2014 | ||
| Press Freedom Foundation | 30 December 2014 | ||
| St. Petersburg public human rights organization “Civil Control” | 30 December 2014 | ||
| Interregional public human rights organization “Man and the Law” | 30 December 2014 | ||
| Interregional public organization Information and Educational Center "Memorial" | 16 January 2015 | ||
| "Private institution in St. Petersburg for administrative support for the implementation of programs and projects of the Nordic Council of Ministers" | 20 January 2015 | 06 December 2022 | |
| Non-profit partnership “Press Development Institute - Siberia” | 30 January 2015 | ||
| Regional Foundation “Center for the Protection of Media Rights” |
The entry into the register occurred with reference to Article 6 of the Federal Law of 27.12.1991 № 2124-1 "About the media".
| № | Name | Occupation | date of inclusion in the register | date of inclusion in the register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lev Aleksandrovich Ponomaryov | Political and civil rights activist [16] | 28 December 2020 | |
| 2 | Lyudmila Alekseevna Savitskaya | Journalist for Radio Svoboda and MBKh Media [16] | 28 December 2020 | |
| 3 | Sergey Evgenevich Markelov | Journalist for 7x7 [17] | 28 December 2020 | |
| 4 | Denis Nikolaevich Kamalyagin | Journalist, editor-in-chief of The Pskov Governorate (or "Pskovskaya Guberniya") [18] | 28 December 2020 | |
| 5 | Darya Apakhonchich | Artist, feminist activist [19] | 28 December 2020 | |
| 6 | Roman Sergeevich Badanin | Founder, editor-in-chief of Proekt [20] | 15 July 2021 | |
| 7 | Maksim Alexandrovich Glikin | Deputy chief editor of Open Media [20] | 15 July 2021 | |
| 8 | Pyotr Borisovich Manyakhin | Journalist for Proekt [20] | ||
| 9 | Yulia Petrovna Yarosh | Former editor-in-chief of Open Media [21] | 15 July 2021 | |
| 10 | Olga Vladimirovna Churakova | Journalist for Proekt [20] | 15 July 2021 | |
| 11 | Mariia Mihaylovna Zheleznova | Journalist for Proekt [20] | 15 July 2021 | |
| 12 | Yulia Sergeevna Lukyanova | Journalist for Proekt [22] | 15 July 2021 | |
| 13 | Yelizaveta Vitalevna Mayetnaya | Editor and journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [20] | 15 July 2021 | |
| 14 | Mikhail Arkadevich Rubin | Former deputy editor for Proekt [20] | 23 July 2021 | |
| 15 | Sofia Romanovna Grojsman | Journalist for Proekt [ citation needed ] | 23 July 2021 | |
| 16 | Ilya Dmitrievich Rozhdestvensky | Journalist for Open Media[ citation needed ] | 23 July 2021 | |
| 17 | Yuliya Vladimirovna Apukhtina | Journalist for Proekt [23] [24] | 23 July 2021 | |
| 18 | Aleksei Evgenevich Posternak | Journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [24] | 23 July 2021 | |
| 19 | Stepan Yurevich Petrov | Head of the human rights organization "Yakutia - Our Opinion" [25] | 20 August 2021 | |
| 20 | Olesya Valentinovna Shmagun | Founder, former editor for IStories [26] | 20 August 2021 | |
| 21 | Alesya Alekseevna Marohovskaya | Journalist, editor for IStories [27] | 20 August 2021 | |
| 22 | Irina Nikolaevna Dolinina | Journalist for IStories [26] | 20 August 2021 | |
| 23 | Roman Yurevich Shleynov | Journalist for iStories [26] | 20 August 2021 | |
| 24 | Roman Aleksandrovich Anin | Editor-in-chief of iStories [26] | 20 August 2021 | |
| 25 | Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Velikovskiy | Journalist for iStories [26] | 20 August 2021 | |
| 26 | Veronika Vyacheslavovna Katkova | Coordinator for Golos, an election monitoring organization [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | |
| 27 | Inna Pavlovna Karezina | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | |
| 28 | Lyudmila Gavrilovna Kuzmina | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | 29 April 2022 |
| 29 | Polina Vladimirovna Kostyleva | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | 23 August 2022 |
| 30 | Aleksandr Ivanovich Lyutov | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | 06 May 2022 |
| 31 | Vladimir Vladimirovich Zhilkin | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | 06 May 2022 |
| 32 | Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zhilinsky | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | |
| 33 | Mikhail Sergeevich Tikhonov | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | |
| 34 | Sergey Evgenevich Piskunov | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | |
| 35 | Vitaly Sergeevich Kovin | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | 05 October 2022 |
| 36 | Ekaterina Viktorovna Kiltau | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | |
| 37 | Arkady Efimovich Lyubarev | Golos council member [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | 29 April 2022 |
| 38 | Yurij Albertovich Gurman | Golos council member [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | |
| 39 | Aleksander Viktorovich Grezev | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | 06 May 2022 |
| 40 | Artiom Valerevich Vazhenkov | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | |
| 41 | Sofia Yurevna Ivanova | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | |
| 42 | Ilya Valerevich Pigalkin | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | 06 May 2022 |
| 43 | Alexei Viktorovich Petrov | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | |
| 44 | Vladimir Vladimirovich Egorov | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | |
| 45 | Andrei Yurevich Gusev | Coordinator for Golos [28] [ non-primary source needed ] | 29 September 2021 | |
| 46 | Sergey Smirnov (journalist) | Editor-in-chief of Mediazona [29] | 29 September 2021 | |
| 47 | Pyotr Yurievich Verzilov | publisher for Mediazona [29] | 29 September 2021 | |
| 48 | Tatyana Anatolevna Voltskaya | Journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [30] | 08 October 2021 | |
| 49 | Ekaterina Dmitrievna Klepikovskaya | Journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [31] | 8 October 2021 | |
| 50 | Daniil Vladimirovich Sotnikov | Journalist for TV Rain [31] | 8 October 2021 | |
| 51 | Andrey Vyacheslavovich Zakharov | Journalist for BBC News Russian [31] | 8 October 2021 | |
| 52 | Yevgeny Alekseevich Simonov | Environmental activist, founder of Ukraine War Environmental Consequences [32] | 8 October 2021 | |
| 53 | Elizaveta Dmitrievna Surnacheva | Journalist for Current Time TV [31] | 8 October 2021 | |
| 54 | Elena Anatolevna Solovyova | Journalist for Novaya Gazeta [33] | 8 October 2021 | |
| 55 | Galina Yurevna Arapova | Director of the Mass Media Defence Centre , lawyer, jurist [31] | 8 October 2021 | |
| 56 | Roman Aleksandrovich Perl | Journalist for Current Time TV [31] | 8 October 2021 | |
| 57 | Maksim Aleksandrovich Zagovora | Head of media department of Team 29, [34] an association of lawyers and journalists | 8 November 2021 | |
| 58 | Valeriya Valerevna Vetoshkina | Lawyer at Team 29 [34] | 8 November 2021 | |
| 59 | Ivan Yuryevich Pavlov | Founder, head lawyer of Team 29 [34] | 8 November 2021 | |
| 60 | Elena Sergeevna Skvorcova | Social media marketing editor for Team 29 [34] | 8 November 2021 | |
| 61 | Maxim Vladimirovich Olenichev | Lawyer at Team 29 [34] | 8 November 2021 | |
| 62 | Igor Viktorovich Kochetkov | Co-founder of the Russian LGBT Network, gay rights activist [35] | 12 November 2021 | |
| 63 | Oleg Aleksandrovich Yelanchik | Editor-in-chief of Sota.Vision [36] | 26 November 2021 | |
| 64 | Alina Aleksandrovna Grigorieva | Journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Idel.Realities [37] | ||
| 65 | Andrej Valerevich Grigoriev | Journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Idel.Realities [37] | 3 December 2021 | |
| 66 | Regina Emilevna Gimalova | Former journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Idel.Realities [37] | 3 December 2021 | |
| 67 | Regina Faritovna Khisamova | Journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Idel.Realities [37] | 3 December 2021 | |
| 68 | Marat Aleksandrovich Gelman | Publicist, gallerist | 30 December 2021 | |
| 69 | Viktor Anatolyevich Shenderovich | Publicist | 30 December 2021 | |
| 70 | Ivan Mihajlovich Belyaev | Journalist for "Radio Liberty" | 30 December 2021 | |
| 71 | Elena Sergeevna Vladykina | Journalist for "Radio Liberty" | 30 December 2021 | |
| 72 | Taisiya Lvovna Bekbulatova | Editor-in-chief for "Holod Media" | 30 December 2021 | |
| 73 | Nadezhda Andreyevna Tolokonnikova | Activist in "Pussy Riot" | 30 December 2021 | |
| 74 | Veronika Yurevna Nikulshina | Activist in "Pussy Riot" | 30 December 2021 | |
| 75 | Andrej Viktorovich Alekseev | Distributor | 30 December 2021 | |
| 76 | Aleksándra Aleksándrovna Agéeva | Founder of Sota.Vision | 11 February 2022 | |
| 77 | Anna Lvovna Golubeva | Head of the center "LGBTQIA Resource Moscow" | 1 April 2022 | |
| 78 | Alla Mihajlovna Konstantinova | Reporter for "Mediazona" | 1 April 2022 | |
| 79 | Maria Mikhailovna Borzunova | Journalist for "TV Rain" | 1 April 2022 | |
| 80 | Murad Abdulgalimovich Muradov | Journalist for weekly magazine "New Deal" | 1 April 2022 | |
| 81 | Irina Vladimirovna Malkova | Editor-in-chief in "The Bell" | 1 April 2022 | |
| 82 | Yelizaveta Nikolayevna Osetinskaya | Journalist, founder of "The Bell" | 1 April 2022 | |
| 83 | Yevgeni Nikolayevich Ponasenkov | Historian, Publicist, video blogger | 1 April 2022 | |
| 84 | Victor Victorovich Vorobyov | Opposition politician, deputy of the State Council of the Komi Republic of the VII convocation | 1 April 2022 | |
| 85 | Ivan Timofeyevich Dryomin | Rapper, singer | 1 April 2022 | |
| 86 | Irina Grigorevna Boruhovich (Tumakova) | Journalist for "Novaya Gazeta" | 8 April 2022 | |
| 87 | Mark Zakharovich Feygin | Politician, journalist | 8 April 2022 | |
| 88 | Ekaterina Alekseevna Mayakovskaya | Journalist, volunteer for Golos | 8 April 2022 | |
| 89 | Andrej Viktorovich Filimonov | Journalist for "Radio Liberty", "Siberia.Realities" | 8 April 2022 | |
| 90 | Dmitrij Viktorovich Dubrovskij | Civil activist, researcher, expert | 8 April 2022 | |
| 91 | Regina Nikolaevna Dzugkoeva | Leader of the movement "Lighthouse" | 15 April 2022 | |
| 92 | Karén Bagrátovich Shainyán | LGBT video blogger | 15 April 2022 | |
| 93 | Ekaterina Mikhailovna Schulmann | Political scientist, Publicist | 15 April 2022 | |
| 94 | Mariya Leonidovna Sabunaeva | LGBT psychologist, writer | 15 April 2022 | |
| 95 | Aleksej Vladimirovich Semyonov | Journalist, former columnist for "The Pskov Governorate" | 15 April 2022 | |
| 96 | Yury Aleksandrovich Dud | Video blogger, journalist | 15 April 2022 | |
| 97 | Kirill Igorevich Kruglikov | Journalist for "Takie dela" | 15 April 2022 | |
| 98 | Roman Aleksandrovich Dobrokhotov | Editor-in-chief of "The Insider" | 15 April 2022 | |
| 99 | Sergej Vladimirovich Yolkin | Artist, cartoonist | 15 April 2022 | |
| 100 | Viktor Semyonovich Vahshtajn | Sociologist, editor-in-chief in the magazine "Sociology of the Authority" | 22 April 2022 | |
| 101 | Yaroslav Nikolaevich Sirotkin | Civil and LGBT activist, member of the LGBT "Callisto" movement | 22 April 2022 | |
| 102 | Sergey Borisovich Parkhomenko | Journalist | 22 April 2022 | |
| 103 | Artur Valerevich Asafev | Journalist for "Radio Liberty" | 22 April 2022 | |
| 104 | Alexander Glebovich Nevzorov | Journalist | 22 April 2022 | |
| 105 | Ekaterina Evgenevna Lushnikova | Journalist for "Radio Liberty" | 22 April 2022 | |
| 106 | Alexei Alexeyevich Venediktov | Editor-in-chief in "Echo of Moscow" | 22 April 2022 | |
| 107 | Vladimir Vladimirovich Voronov | Journalist for "Radio Liberty" | 22 April 2022 | 7 October 2022 |
| 108 | Vladimir Stanislavovich Milov | Politician, economist | 6 May 2022 | |
| 109 | Boris Yulyevich Kagarlitsky | Sociologist, Publicist | 6 May 2022 | |
| 110 | Leonid Yakovlevich Gozman | Psychologist, activist | 6 May 2022 | |
| 111 | Lyubov Eduardovna Sobol | Politician | 6 May 2022 | |
| 112 | Mihail Valerevich Klimarev | IT-expert, activist | 6 May 2022 | |
| 113 | Natalya Vladimirovna Baranova | Content director for "Greenhouse of social technologies" | 6 May 2022 | |
| 114 | Denis Vladimirovich Konstantinov | Editor-in-chief for "Orlov's news" | 6 May 2022 | |
| 115 | Mihaíl Vladímirovich Sokolóv | Journalist for "Radio Liberty", historian, radio host, political commentator | 3 June 2022 | |
| 116 | Alexey Vladimirovich Pivovarov | Journalist, blogger | 3 June 2022 | |
| 117 | Yulia Vladimirovna Tsvetkova | Artist, activist | 3 June 2022 | |
| 118 | Oleg Vladimirovich Kashin | Political journalist, Publicist, columnist, writer | 3 June 2022 | |
| 119 | Nikolaj Vladimirovich Petrov | Political scientist, political geographist | 3 June 2022 | |
| 120 | Irina Bronislavovna Danilovich | Activitst | 3 June 2022 | |
| 121 | Dmitrij Petrovich Aleshkóvskij | Social activist, journalist | 29 July 2022 | |
| 122 | Dmitrij Lvovich Bykov | Writer, Publicist | 29 July 2022 | |
| 123 | Yevgenia Markovna Albats | Journalist | 29 July 2022 | |
| 124 | Kirill Vladimirovich Fedorov | Psychologist, human rights activist | 2 September 2022 | |
| 125 | Kirill Konstantinovich Martynov | Editor-in-chief for "Novaya Gazeta Europe", Publicist | 2 September 2022 | |
| 126 | Sergey Leonidovich Loiko | Journalist | 2 September 2022 | |
| 127 | Yulia Yevgenyevna Galyamina | Politician | 2 September 2022 | |
| 128 | Mikhail Grigoryevich Shats | Showman, TV presenter | 2 September 2022 | |
| 129 | Sergei Aleksandrovich Medvedev | Political scientist | 2 September 2022 | |
| 130 | Valery Dmitriyevich Solovei | Historian, political scientist | 9 September 2022 | |
| 131 | Elena Viktorovna Shukaeva | Journalist for "Radio Liberty" | 9 September 2022 | |
| 132 | Andrej Andreevich Afanasev | Journalist for "Radio Liberty" and "SOTA.Vision" | 9 September 2022 | |
| 133 | Iskender Gabdrahmanovich Yasaveev | Sociologist, columnist for "Idel.Realities", activist | 7 October 2022 | |
| 134 | Evgeniya Semenovna Baltatarova | Journalist, social activist | 7 October 2022 | |
| 135 | Dmitry Alekseyevich Glukhovsky | Writer | 7 October 2022 | |
| 136 | Ivan Alekseevich Zhadaev | Journalist, former editor of the "MBX-Media" | 14 October 2022 | |
| 137 | Kirill Evgenevich Haratyan | Journalist, professor of the RANEPA | 14 October 2022 | |
| 138 | Vladimir Vladimirovich Ruvinskij | Journalist, former editor-in-chief of the website "Echo of Moscow" | 14 October 2022 | |
| 139 | Veronika Iosifovna Kucyllo | Journalist, former editor-in-chief of the "MBX-Media" | 14 October 2022 | |
| 140 | Anton Vladimirovich Dolin | Film critic | 14 October 2022 | |
| 141 | Nataliya Gennadevna Telegina | Journalist | 14 October 2022 | |
| 142 | Mikhail Viktorovich Zygar | Journalist, writer | 21 October 2022 | |
| 143 | Aleksej Alekseevich Dokuchaev | Founder of the publishing house "Individuum" | 28 October 2022 | |
| 144 | Andrej Sergeevich Baev | Director of the service "Bookmate" | 28 October 2022 | |
| 145 | Irek Damirovich Bikkinin | Journalist, social activist | 18 November 2022 | |
| 146 | Dmitry Evgenievich Kolezev | Journalist, editor-in-chief of "Republic" | 18 November 2022 | |
| 147 | Lyubov Grigorevna Barabashova | Journalist for "Radio Liberty", "Siberia.Realities" | 25 November 2022 | |
| 148 | Rovshan Enver ogly Askerov | Journalist | 9 December 2022 | |
| 149 | Ruben Grantovich Apresyan | Philosopher | 9 December 2022 | |
| 150 | Mikhail Vladimirovich Fishman | Journalist | 9 December 2022 | |
| 151 | Rostislav Rafkatovich Murzagulov | Political scientist, political strategist, journalist, writer | 9 December 2022 | |
| 152 | Yuliya Leonidovna Taratuta | Journalist, editor-in-chief of "Wonderzine" | 16 December 2022 | |
| 153 | Ivan Ivanovich Tyutrin | Journalist, oppositioner, social activist | 16 December 2022 | |
| 154 | Dmitrij Aleksandrovich Lyubimov | Journalist | 16 December 2022 | |
| 155 | Dmitrij Viktorovich Davydov | Businessman | 16 December 2022 | |
| 156 | Natalya Vladimirovna Gryaznevich | Deputy | 16 December 2022 | |
| 157 | Anastasiya Nikolaevna Zhvik | Journalist | 16 December 2022 | |
| 158 | Svetlana Alekseevna Gannushkina | Social activist | 23 December 2022 | |
| 159 | Gléb Valentínovich Pyanýh | Journalist, TV presenter, video blogger | 23 December 2022 | |
| 160 | Andrey Vladimirovich Kolesnikov | Journalist, political scientist | 23 December 2022 | |
| 161 | Artemy Kivovich Troitsky | Journalist | 23 December 2022 | |
| 162 | Artur Sergeyevich Smolyaninov | Actor | 13 January 2023 | |
| 163 | Sergej Vladimirovich Kirsanov | 13 January 2023 | ||
| 164 | Anatolij Vladimirovich Fursov | Jurist | 13 January 2023 | |
| 165 | Sergej Anatolevich Uhov | Creator of the regional media “Perm 36.6”, ex-coordinator of Navalny’s headquarters in the Perm region | 13 January 2023 | |
| 166 | Aleksandr Shelest | Journalist | 13 January 2023 | |
| 167 | Elizaveta Andreevna Gyrdymova | Singer, musician, composer, songwriter | 20 January 2023 | |
| 168 | Vladimir Valeryevich Osechkin | Social activist, founder of the social project "Gulagu.net" | 20 January 2023 | |
| 169 | Anton Mihajlovich Pikuli (Ustimov) | Video blogger | 20 January 2023 | |
| 170 | Ibragim Hasanbievich Yaganov | Political and social activist | 20 January 2023 | |
| 171 | Vadim Mihajlovich Harchenko | Blogger | 20 January 2023 | |
| 172 | Dárya Stanislávovna Besédina | Urbanist, deputy of the Moscow City Duma of the 7th convocation | 20 January 2023 | |
| 173 | Ilya Vladimirovich Prusikin | Musician, singer, music producer, video blogger, director and leader of the band Little Big | 20 January 2023 | |
| 174 | Fidel Eduardovich Agumava | Journalist | 27 January 2023 | |
| 175 | Erdne-Basan Ombadykow | President of the Association of Buddhists of Kalmykia | 27 January 2023 | |
| 176 | Rafis Rafailovich Kashapov | Social activist | 27 January 2023 | |
| 177 | Daria Andreyevna Serenko | Social activist, actioner, poetess, actor | 27 January 2023 | |
| 178 | Pavel Vladimirovich Mezerin | Political scientist, analytic, journalist, coordinator of the movement "Free Ingria" | 3 February 2023 | |
| 179 | Nikolaj Yurevich Sobolev | Video blogger, writer, businessman, singer | 3 February 2023 | |
| 180 | Aleksandr Yurevich Makashenec | Journalist | 3 February 2023 | |
| 181 | Ekaterina Arturovna Dudko | Writer | 3 February 2023 | |
| 182 | Elena Vladimirovna Prokasheva | Writer | 3 February 2023 | |
| 183 | Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova | Musician | 3 February 2023 | |
| 184 | Dmitry Gennadyevich Gudkov | Politician | 10 February 2023 | |
| 185 | Tatyana Valerevna Namazbaeva | Activist | 10 February 2023 | |
| 186 | Sergei Stepanovich Aslanyan | Journalist | 10 February 2023 | |
| 187 | Sergej Aleksandrovich Shpilkin | Physist | 10 February 2023 | |
| 188 | Anna Valerevna Rivina | Social activist | 10 February 2023 | |
| 189 | Aleksandra Nikolaevna Kazanceva | Social activist | 10 February 2023 | |
| 190 | Andrey Borisovich Zubov | Scientist | 17 February 2023 | |
| 191 | Andrei Borisovich Loshak | Journalist | 17 February 2023 | |
| 192 | Danil Evgenevich Gubarev | Journalist | 10 March 2023 | |
| 193 | Sergey Maratovich Guriyev | Economist | 10 March 2023 | |
| 194 | Lev Mihajlovich Gershenzon | Media-manager | 10 March 2023 | |
| 195 | Gennady Vladimirovich Gudkov | Video blogger, journalist, social activist | 10 March 2023 | |
| 196 | Nika Wodwood | Feminist blogger | 10 March 2023 | |
| 197 | Ilya Aleksandrovich Varlamov | Video blogger, journalist, social activist | 23 March 2023 | |
| 198 | Pavel Vladimirovich Chikov | Jurist, social activist | 23 March 2023 | |
| 199 | Ruslan Valerevich Ajsin | Political scientist, social activist | 23 March 2023 | |
| 200 | Svetlana Mihajlovna Lada-Rus | Social activist | 23 March 2023 | |
| 201 | Bogdan Vladimirovich Bakalejko | Journalist | 23 March 2023 | |
| 202 | Maksim Sergeyevich Pokrovsky | Singer, composer, songwriter, cinema & theatre actor | 31 March 2023 | |
| 203 | Sergej Andreevich Bojko | Journalist | 31 March 2023 | |
| 204 | Georgij Rostislavovich Chentemirov | Journalist | 31 March 2023 | |
| 205 | Arkady Arkadyevich Babchenko | Journalist | 7 April 2023 | |
| 206 | Semyon Sergeyevich Slepakov | Comedian, scriptwriter, producer, poet, musician, songwriter | 14 April 2023 | |
| 207 | Igor Aleksandrovich Yakovenko | Journalist, sociologist | 14 April 2023 | |
| 208 | Pavel Andreevich Muntyan | Cartoonist, producer, scriptwriter | 14 April 2023 | |
| 209 | Kanygin Pavel Yurevich | Journalist, investigative reporter | 14 April 2023 | |
| 210 | Christo Grozev | Bulgarian investigative reporter, media expert, media investor | 21 April 2023 | |
| 211 | Natalya Fedorovna Sevec-Ermolina | Journalist, blogger | 21 April 2023 | |
| 212 | Elvira Vladimirovna Vihareva | Journalist, blogger | 21 April 2023 | |
| 213 | Yan Andreevich Matveev | Political scientist | 5 May 2023 | |
| 214 | Aleksandr Avraamovich Osovcov | Political activist | 5 May 2023 | |
| 215 | Ivan Sergeevich Preobrazhenskij | Political scientist | 5 May 2023 | |
| 216 | Georgy Valentinovich Alburov | Political and social activist, blogger | 5 May 2023 | |
| 217 | Maria Petrovna Maksakova Jr. | Opera singer | 5 May 2023 | |
| 218 | Maria Konstantinovna Pevchikh | Investigative reporter | 5 May 2023 | |
| 219 | Vladimir Borisovitch Pastukhov | Political scientist, Publicist, jurist | 5 May 2023 | |
| 220 | Elena Vladimirovna Agafonova | Social activist | 5 May 2023 | |
| 221 | Egor Mihajlovich Bortnik | Musician, poet, vocalist, guitarist | 26 May 2023 | |
| 222 | Irina Vladimirovna Alleman | Blogger | 26 May 2023 | |
| 223 | Vladislav Leonidovich Inozemtsev | Economist, sociologist, political activist | 26 May 2023 | |
| 224 | Sergej Andreevich Chernyshov | Director of Novokolledzh LLC, founder of ANO PO Novokolledzh | 26 May 2023 | |
| 225 | Aleksandra Sergeevna Arhipova | Antropologist | 26 May 2023 | |
| 226 | Aleksandr Tamerlanovich Gabuev | Orientalist | 26 May 2023 | |
| 227 | Anna Eduardovna Pshenichnaya | Journalist | 26 May 2023 | |
| 228 | Olga Viktorovna Cukanova | Leader of the movement “Council of Mothers and Wives” | 26 May 2023 | |
| 229 | Magomed Tazhudinovich Gadzhiyev | Political and public figure. State Deputy Dumas of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the IV, V, VI and VII convocations | 26 May 2023 | |
| 230 | Dmitry Borisovich Oreshkin | Political scientist | 2 June 2023 | |
| 231 | Roman Vladimirovich Super | Journalist | 2 June 2023 | |
| 232 | Maksim Rafikovich Kuzahmetov | Historian | 2 June 2023 | |
| 233 | Lev Markovich Shlosberg | Social & political activist | 16 June 2023 | |
| 234 | Sergey Vladimirovich Aleksashenko | Economist | 16 June 2023 | |
| 235 | Vitaly Vsevolodovich Mansky | Documentary filmmaker | 16 June 2023 | |
| 236 | Svetlana Prokopyeva | Journalist | 16 June 2023 | |
| 237 | Yuliya Borisovna Paramonova | Journalist for "North.Realities" | 16 June 2023 | |
| 238 | Leonid Borisovich Nevzlin | Entrepreneur, social activist | 23 June 2023 | |
| 239 | Ilya Aleksandrovich Kolmanovskij | Scientifical journalist, science popularisator | 23 June 2023 | |
| 240 | Mikhail Sergeyevich Lobanov | Mathematician, social activist | 23 June 2023 | |
| 241 | Vitalij Viktorovich Bovar | Opposition politician, ex-deputy head of the Vladimir District (St. Petersburg) | 23 June 2023 | |
| 242 | Robert Ramilevich Latypov | Social activist, chairman of the Perm branch of the International society "Memorial" | 23 June 2023 | |
| 243 | Aleksandr Elenovich Belik | Lawyer, human rights activist, coordinator of the Conscientious Objector Movement | 23 June 2023 | |
| 244 | Evgenij Viktorovich Stupin | Opposition politician, deputy of the Moscow City Duma of the 7th convocation | 23 June 2023 | |
| 245 | Boris Borisovich Grebenshchikov | Poet, musician, composer, singer | 30 June 2023 | |
| 246 | Mikhail Leonidovich Timonov | Opposition politician, deputy of the Moscow City Duma of the 7th convocation | 30 June 2023 | |
| 247 | Andrej Zinovevich Morev | Opposition politician, ex-head of the Yakimanka municipal district (Moscow) | 30 June 2023 | |
| 248 | Goldshmidt Filipp (Pinhas) | Former chief rabbi of Moscow | 30 June 2023 | |
| 249 | Aleksej Vyacheslavovich Gorpinchenko | Journalist | 30 June 2023 | |
| 250 | Andrej Viktorovich Karaulov | Journalist, TV presenter | 30 June 2023 | |
| 251 | Konstantin Natanovich Borovoi | Politician, entrepreneur | 21 July 2023 | |
| 252 | Mihail Natanovich Kozyrev | Journalist, music crtitc, producer | 21 July 2023 | |
| 253 | Pavel Vasilievich Sulyandziga | Social activist | 21 July 2023 | |
| 254 | Aleksandr Sergeevich Litvinov | Journalist | 21 July 2023 | |
| 255 | Andrey Andreyevich Piontkovsky | Mathematician, political scientist, Publicist | 18 August 2023 | |
| 256 | Tatyana Aleksandrovna Sotnikova | Writer | 18 August 2023 | |
| 257 | Linor Goralik | Writer, poetess, translator, author of comic strips | 18 August 2023 | |
| 258 | Sergej Vladimirovich Krivenko | Member of the Board of the International Society "Memorial", director of the Human Rights Group "Citizen. Army. Right". | 18 August 2023 | |
| 259 | Andrey Nikolayevich Illarionov | Economist and politician, public figure, founder and president of the Russian non-profit organization Institute of Economic Analysis. | 18 August 2023 | |
| 260 | Sargylana Konstantinovna Kondakova | Teacher, founder of the Free Yakutia Foundation | 18 August 2023 | |
| 261 | Vladimir Anatolevich Dovdanov | Assistant to the State Duma deputy | 18 August 2023 | |
| 262 | Alexander Andreevich Shtefanov | Historian, video blogger | 25 August 2023 |
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