MOSCOW. Sept 1 (Interfax) - The Russian Justice Ministry has added Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov and economist Konstantin Sonin to the list of foreign agents, the ministry said in a statement on its website on Friday.
"[Oksana] Barsheva, [Ruslan] Bely, [Mairbek] Vachagayev, [Yevgeny] Karpov, [Denis Katayev, [Dmitry] Muratov, [Oleg] Radzinsky, [Maxim] Reznik, and [Konstantin] Sonin, as well as the New Tuva anti-military ethnic movement were included in the list of foreign agents on September 1, 2023 in line with the Russian Justice Ministry's order," it said.
"Muratov participated in the creation and dissemination of foreign agents' reports and materials among the general public and used foreign platforms to disseminate opinions aimed at forming a negative attitude toward the foreign and domestic policy of the Russian Federation," the ministry said.
"Sonin participated as a respondent in international platforms offered by foreign media outlets and also took part in the creation and dissemination of foreign agents' reports and materials among the general public. He also spread incorrect information about decisions adopted by the authorities of the Russian Federation and about the policy pursued by them. He resides outside of the Russian Federation," it said.
The ministry named similar reasons for the designation of former member of St. Petersburg's legislature Maxim Reznik, Oleg Radzinsky, the son of writer and historian Edvard Radzinsky, journalists Oksana Barsheva and Denis Katayev, comedian Ruslan Bely, historian Mairbek Vachagayev, and the New Tuva movement, whose organizer lives outside of Russia.