{"id":11790,"date":"2025-04-11T20:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T20:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/11790\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T20:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T20:42:10","slug":"russia-blacklists-yeltsin-era-chief-diplomat-as-foreign-agent-meduza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/11790\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia blacklists Yeltsin-era chief diplomat as \u2018foreign agent\u2019 \u2014 Meduza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">On Friday, Russia\u2019s Justice Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/minjust.gov.ru\/ru\/events\/50641\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">added<\/a> former chief diplomat Andrei Kozyrev to the country\u2019s \u201cforeign agent\u201d registry. Kozyrev was the head of Russia\u2019s Foreign Affairs Ministry from 1990 to 1996, serving with President Boris Yeltsin during Russia\u2019s tumultuous early transition from Soviet Communism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">The ministry said it targeted Kozyrev for spreading \u201cfalse information\u201d about Russia\u2019s actions abroad, specifically the invasion of Ukraine, which Kozyrev has denounced. Officials also noted that he \u201cengages with foreign platforms and resides outside the Russian Federation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_context_p__Mdu1R \">In its \u201cforeign agent\u201d designations, the Justice Ministry also blacklisted columnist Nikolai Epple; former member of Moscow\u2019s Public Monitoring Commission and human rights activist Anna Karetnikova; Ukrainian journalist Darya Schastlivaya; and the socio-political movement \u201cUdmurtia Against Corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a data-testid=\"related-rich-block\" class=\"RelatedRichBlock-module_root__-SEe7 RelatedRichBlock-module_isRich__Z2kQ8 RelatedRichBlock-module_hasGradient__s5Krh RelatedRichBlock-module_desktop__EaPOr RelatedRichBlock-module_light__aJLn7\" href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/feature\/2024\/11\/19\/i-wondered-if-they-d-shoot-down-our-plane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>Further reading<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAPLy8gAAACH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==\"\/>\u2018I wondered if they\u2019d shoot down our plane\u2019 The senior diplomat who midwifed post-Soviet Russia looks back at the Belovezha Accords, the KGB\u2019s survival, and Putin\u2019s NATO fallacy<\/p>\n<p>5 months ago<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a data-testid=\"related-rich-block\" class=\"RelatedRichBlock-module_root__-SEe7 RelatedRichBlock-module_isRich__Z2kQ8 RelatedRichBlock-module_hasGradient__s5Krh RelatedRichBlock-module_mobile__N-G4U RelatedRichBlock-module_light__aJLn7\" href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/feature\/2024\/11\/19\/i-wondered-if-they-d-shoot-down-our-plane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>Further reading<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAPLy8gAAACH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==\"\/>\u2018I wondered if they\u2019d shoot down our plane\u2019 The senior diplomat who midwifed post-Soviet Russia looks back at the Belovezha Accords, the KGB\u2019s survival, and Putin\u2019s NATO fallacy<\/p>\n<p>5 months ago<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Friday, Russia\u2019s Justice Ministry added former chief diplomat Andrei Kozyrev to the country\u2019s \u201cforeign agent\u201d registry. 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