The Ministry of Justice recognized academician Yuri Pivovarov* as a foreign agent

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yuri Pivovarov* is endowed with the status of a foreign agent. The updated register is published on the official portal of the Ministry of Justice.

The list of foreign agents also includes human rights activist Yan Rachinsky*, Ukrainian journalist Alexey Sukhanov*, poet and journalist Alexander Smirnov* (Delfinov*), lawyer Igor Slabykh*, economist and entrepreneur Dmitry Nekrasov* and journalist Andrei Korolev*.

All of these persons disseminated false information about decisions taken by public authorities of the Russian Federation and their policies, and also participated in the creation and dissemination of materials by foreign agents. All of them, except Nekrasov*, opposed Russia's special military operation on Ukraine.

Korolev* and Pivovarov*, the agency points out, disseminated false information aimed at creating a negative image of the Russian Armed Forces.

Nekrasov* and Rachinsky* interacted with foreign and international organizations recognized as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as with foreign agents.

Smirnov* took part in fundraising in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Sukhanov* spoke negatively against citizens of the Russian Federation.

Weak*, Brewers* and Nekrasov* live outside of Russia.

*An individual performing the functions of a foreign agent