The Russian Ministry of Justice declared the DW journalist Alexander Smirnov “international brokers” on Friday.
The ministry mentioned that Smirnov had participated within the creation and distribution of content material for “international brokers” – a label that was assigned to DW in March 2022 – and “undesirable organizations”.
He’s accused of spreading faux information about “Politics and choices of the Russian authorities”.
A number of DW journalists are already on the listing of “international brokers” in Russia.
The replace of the listing of “international brokers” on Friday additionally included educational Yuri Pivovarov, chair of the board of administrators of the Human rights organization Memorial Yan Rachinsky, journalist Alexei Sukhanov, lawyer Igor Slabykh, economist and entrepreneur Dmitry Nekrasov and journalist Andrei Korolev.
Smirnov is thought in Russia from his poet -Pseudonym Delfinov.
Russia has set the liberty of the press and criticism of the federal government because it began its full invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The listing of “international brokers” of the Russian Ministry of Justice presently includes virtually 600 folks and greater than 400 organizations.
