.Authorizations in Russia on Friday designated a Grammy-winning pianist, a priest that aids Ukrainian expatriates and a former Soviet spy as "foreign agents," the latest improve to Moscow's blossoming list of individuals it considers as enemies of the state.Numerous social figures, journalists, businesspeople, in addition to news channels and institutions, have been branded "international agents"-- which holds adverse Soviet-era connotations-- because Russia presented the laws in 2012.The Russian Justice Ministry's newest add-on to the "foreign representatives" checklist features world-renowned performance pianist Yevgeny Kissin, Apostolic Orthodox Congregation clergyman Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko and also ex-KGB police officer Yuri Shvets. Dmitry Tsibirev, that functioned as a coordinator for the overdue Kremlin movie critic Alexei Navalny in the Saratov location, was actually also called a "foreign agent" on Friday." Kissin resisted the unique armed forces function in Ukraine, participated in fundraising celebrations on behalf of the Ukrainian armies, featuring as part of his touring tasks, as well as additionally transferred funds to them," the ministry said.Mikhnov-Vaytenko, in the meantime, was actually accused of dispersing "bogus information" about the Russian authorizations as well as providing interviews to "foreign agent" media.Shvets, who offers discourse on Russia's war in Ukraine for his well-liked YouTube network, was actually indicted of urging nations that are actually "antagonistic" to Russia to improve "wrongful activities" against Moscow. Due to the fact that the 1990s, the former spy has actually resided in the United States, where he holds citizenship.Russia uses the condition "overseas representative" to folks it sees as double-dealers and also enemies of the state, and requires all those identified to mark their publications along with a lengthy please note. Individuals branded as "overseas representatives" are actually also demanded to provide extensive financial reports to the Justice Ministry.Independent media has actually stated that the lot of criminal situations against "overseas brokers" in Russia greater than increased in 2023 compared to the previous year..Russian authorities have relocated to further tighten up laws targeting "international representatives" in recent months.