[5]Over the past 12 years, the Russian law on foreign agents has been repeatedly toughened. The Russian Ministry of Justice began to label not just nonprofit organizations, but also public associations, journalists, and individuals as foreign agents. For example, they refuse to sign contracts with foreign agents and demand that they be removed from materials presented by them. [7] “Putin Signs Off On Harsher 'Foreign Agent' Law,” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, July 14, 2022, https://www.rferl.org/a/31943645.html. [16] Maxim Krupskiy, “The Impact of Russia's ‘Foreign Agents’ Legislation on Civil Society,” The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs 47, no.
