The head of the human rights organization “Yakutia – Our Opinion” Stepan Petrov was charged with a violation of “foreign agency” legislation. The man himself told OVD-Info about this.
According to the official version, Petrov did not provide the Ministry of Justice with a report on his activities (part 2 of article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).
On October 14, 2021, the Ministry of Justice entered the autonomous non-profit association for the protection of human rights and informing the population “Yakutia – our opinion” in the register of media “foreign agents” . The head of the organization, Stepan Petrov, was included in the register on October 20 of the same year.
In December 2021, the court fined Petrov 10,000 rubles due to reposts without marking “foreign agent”.
- Legislation on “foreign agents” is being tightened every year. On December 1, 2022, the law “On Control over the Activities of Persons Under Foreign Influence” came into force, as well as numerous legislative amendments to “foreign agency” regulation. You can read about the list of “affiliated persons”, new registries and other innovations in the law on “foreign agents” in the analysis of OVD-Info .
- In addition, Vladimir Putin signed a law on imprisonment for up to five years for “foreign agents” who were brought to justice twice a year for violating the procedure for the activities of a “foreign agent” (Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).
