.Authorities in Russia on Friday designated a Grammy-winning pianist, a priest who helps Ukrainian expatriates and a past Soviet spy as "foreign representatives," the current update to Moscow's expanding list of people it deems as enemies of the condition.Thousands of cultural bodies, reporters, businesspeople, along with news outlets and associations, have actually been branded "overseas agents"-- which lugs negative Soviet-era nuances-- considering that Russia introduced the legislation in 2012.The Russian Fair treatment Department's most up-to-date add-on to the "international agents" list consists of world-renowned performance pianist Yevgeny Kissin, Apostolic Orthodox Religion priest Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko as well as ex-KGB police officer Yuri Shvets. Dmitry Tsibirev, who acted as a coordinator for the late Kremlin movie critic Alexei Navalny in the Saratov location, was likewise named a "international agent" on Friday." Kissin resisted the exclusive military operation in Ukraine, participated in fundraising events in support of the Ukrainian armies, featuring as portion of his touring activities, and also moved funds to all of them," the department said.Mikhnov-Vaytenko, on the other hand, was charged of spreading out "fake news" about the Russian authorities and offering interviews to "international representative" media.Shvets, who gives commentary on Russia's war in Ukraine for his well-liked YouTube network, was actually charged of recommending countries that are "antagonistic" to Russia to boost "against the law activities" against Moscow. Considering that the 1990s, the previous spy has actually stayed in the United States, where he stores citizenship.Russia administers the phrase "international agent" to individuals it considers double-dealers and also enemies of the condition, and demands all those identified to indicate their publications with a prolonged waiver. Individuals branded as "foreign agents" are actually also required to send rigorous financial files to the Fair treatment Ministry.Independent media has stated that the variety of illegal instances against "international representatives" in Russia much more than increased in 2023 compared to the previous year..Russian authorizations have actually moved to even more tighten up legislation targeting "foreign brokers" in latest months.