In Russia, journalist Kostyuchenko, who covered the occupation of Kherson, was declared a foreign agent

Russia has declared journalist Olena Kostyuchenko, who covered the first days of the occupation of Kherson in March 2022, to be a “foreign agent” – when the city was actually controlled by Russian troops, but formally still under Ukrainian rule.

Economist Ruben Yenikolopov, journalist Kyrylo Kryvosheev and Forpost LLC were also included in the list of “foreign agents” regularly updated by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.

According to the version of the Russian authorities, the new entrants to the “foreign agents” register spread unreliable information about the decisions and policies of the Russian authorities, as well as cooperate with other “foreign agents”, “undesirable” organizations or “foreign information sources”.