Russian Authorities Expand List Of ''foreign Agent'' Media

Moscow (AP) Russian authorities has labelled nine more journalists and three media organisations as foreign agents, part of efforts to sideline critics hours after a Russian journalist won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Dmitry Muratov, and fellow journalist Maria Ressa of the Philippines, won the prize for their fight for freedom of expression. Muratov, the editor of Novaya Gazeta, a leading independent newspaper in Russia, said he would use the prize money to help Russian journalists facing reprisals. Many in Russia had hoped that the prize would persuade Russian authorities to slow down their sweeping crackdown on independent media, which included dubbing critical media outlets and individual journalists as foreign agents a label that carries strong pejorative connotations and implies an increased government scrutiny..

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