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Dozhd director general, presenters added to list of foreign agents - Justice Ministry

Additionally, the Justice Ministry put lawyer Mikhail Benyash, political scientist Taras Berezovets, and journalist Ivan Yakovina on the register

MOSCOW, October 28. /TASS/. Natalia Sindeyeva, Director General of the Dozhd television channel (recognized in Russia as a ‘foreign agent’ media), as well as its hosts Vladimir Romensky and Yekaterina Kotrikadze, have been added to the register of individuals who perform the functions of a foreign agent, the Russian Justice Ministry said in a statement published on its website on Friday.

Additionally, the Justice Ministry put lawyer Mikhail Benyash, political scientist Taras Berezovets, and journalist Ivan Yakovina on the register.

The ministry explained that "performing political activities" was indicated as the rationale for those individuals to be added to the list, and Ukraine was listed in the information on foreign sources.