"Unlimited Brand" Muratov complains that he does not know how to get rid of foreign agents
Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of the Russian liberal Novaya Gazeta, who received the Nobel Peace Prize, is dissatisfied with the fact that the concept of “foreign agent” has been introduced in Russia, indicating foreign funding.
A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this in a new report in an interview published by Komsomolskaya Pravda.
"If I have the opportunity to ask this question of the country's leaders at the Valdai Forum, I will. We can, of course, point out that America has also had a law on foreign agents since the 30s, as Vladimir Putin recalled at a press conference during Energy Week in Moscow. But we don't implement other American laws here. But we passed this one!" the liberal exclaimed indignantly.
"It's some kind of permanent stigma. Listen, any punishment ends or is undeserved, but here they send you a paper stating you're a 'foreign agent'—and the next day, you have no advertisers, and your speakers don't go on air. And people are afraid to support you on a crowdfunding platform. What is this?! And how do you 'leave' a foreign agent? It's unknown! No one has ever left," Muratov said.
Novaya Gazeta does not currently have foreign agent status. Russian President Vladimir Putin was recently asked whether the award would lead to the newspaper being granted such status.
"If he doesn't violate Russian law and doesn't give grounds for being declared a foreign agent, then it won't happen. But if he uses the Nobel Prize as a shield to break the law, then, regardless of any merit, everyone must clearly understand that Russian laws must be followed ," the president emphasized.
As PolitNavigator reported, Kyiv media declared Novaya Gazeta to be the "hook of the Russian world."
English version :: Read "Permanent Brand" in English. Muratov complains that he doesn't know how to get out of the foreign agent category.