.Authorities in Russia on Friday designated a Grammy-winning pianist, a clergyman that aids Ukrainian refugees as well as a past Soviet spy as "international representatives," the latest update to Moscow's burgeoning listing of individuals it regards as foes of the condition.Dozens social figures, journalists, businessmen, in addition to headlines electrical outlets and also associations, have been actually branded "international agents"-- which holds bad Soviet-era associations-- since Russia launched the regulation in 2012.The Russian Compensation Administrative agency's most up-to-date enhancement to the "foreign agents" list includes world-renowned performance pianist Yevgeny Kissin, Apostolic Orthodox Religion clergyman Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko and ex-KGB policeman Yuri Shvets. Dmitry Tsibirev, that worked as a coordinator for the overdue Kremlin doubter Alexei Navalny in the Saratov area, was additionally named a "foreign representative" on Friday." Kissin opposed the unique army function in Ukraine, joined fundraising celebrations on behalf of the Ukrainian armed forces, including as portion of his touring tasks, and likewise transferred funds to all of them," the administrative agency pointed out.Mikhnov-Vaytenko, on the other hand, was actually accused of spreading out "bogus news" regarding the Russian authorities as well as offering job interviews to "international broker" media.Shvets, who offers commentary on Russia's battle in Ukraine for his well-liked YouTube network, was actually indicted of recommending nations that are actually "hostile" to Russia to improve "unlawful activities" against Moscow. Considering that the 1990s, the former spy has actually stayed in the United States, where he holds citizenship.Russia uses the phrase "overseas agent" to people it sees as traitors and adversaries of the condition, as well as demands all those identified to signify their magazines with a long disclaimer. Individuals branded as "overseas representatives" are actually also called for to provide strenuous monetary documents to the Compensation Administrative agency.Independent media has actually stated that the lot of illegal instances against "overseas representatives" in Russia more than increased in 2023 compared with the previous year..Russian authorities have actually relocated to better firm up regulation targeting "international agents" in latest months.