.Authorizations in Russia assigned the anti-war Telegram updates stations Astra as a “international agent” on Friday.Russia’s Justice Ministry charged Astra of dispersing “inaccurate relevant information” regarding government policy to promote a “negative graphic” of the Russian armed force.” [Astra] opposed the exclusive military function in Ukraine … The creator and editor-in-chief of the net portal stay outside Russia,” the ministry claimed in a declaration.Together with Astra, authorizations classified Yabloko adversary politician Nikolai Kavkazsky, political writer Anton Khardin, local activist Artyom Medvedev and also literary expert Oleg Lekmanov as “foreign brokers” on Friday.Russia uses the “foreign solution” label to target people and also organizations they view as enemies of the state. Those fined the designation are actually needed to provide thorough monetary records to the Fair treatment Ministry, in addition to display “international agent” waivers in magazines and also social networks messages.Given that its own starting in the initial full week of Russia’s major attack of Ukraine, Astra, started through writer Anastasia Chumakova, has actually reported extensively on the conflict.The news network mentioned it will continue its work even with the designation, keeping in mind that the “international agent” rule restricts advertisement sales to Russians yet performs not prohibit readers from sharing its information or even bring in contributions.