.Authorizations in Russia on Friday designated a Grammy-winning pianist, a clergyman who helps Ukrainian expatriates and a past Soviet spy as "foreign agents," the latest upgrade to Moscow's burgeoning checklist of people it regards as opponents of the condition.Thousands of cultural shapes, reporters, businessmen, and also updates outlets and institutions, have been branded "foreign brokers"-- which lugs negative Soviet-era undertones-- since Russia presented the legislation in 2012.The Russian Justice Ministry's most current addition to the "international agents" list features world-renowned show pianist Yevgeny Kissin, Apostolic Orthodox Congregation priest Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko and ex-KGB police officer Yuri Shvets. Dmitry Tsibirev, who acted as an organizer for the overdue Kremlin doubter Alexei Navalny in the Saratov region, was actually likewise called a "foreign agent" on Friday." Kissin opposed the unique armed forces operation in Ukraine, participated in fundraising celebrations in support of the Ukrainian armed forces, including as portion of his touring activities, and likewise transferred funds to all of them," the administrative agency claimed.Mikhnov-Vaytenko, at the same time, was actually accused of spreading "bogus news" concerning the Russian authorizations and also offering meetings to "overseas representative" media.Shvets, who offers discourse on Russia's battle in Ukraine for his preferred YouTube network, was charged of advising countries that are "antagonistic" to Russia to boost "against the law activities" against Moscow. Given that the 1990s, the previous spy has actually resided in the USA, where he keeps citizenship.Russia administers the condition "overseas agent" to people it views as traitors and adversaries of the state, and needs all those identified to indicate their publications with a prolonged disclaimer. People branded as "overseas brokers" are likewise demanded to submit rigorous monetary reports to the Compensation Ministry.Independent media has reported that the variety of unlawful situations against "overseas agents" in Russia more than increased in 2023 compared with the previous year..Russian authorizations have transferred to additionally secure legislation targeting "foreign representatives" in recent months.