.Authorities in Russia on Friday designated a Grammy-winning pianist, a clergyman who helps Ukrainian evacuees as well as a former Soviet spy as "foreign representatives," the latest improve to Moscow's increasing checklist of people it deems as opponents of the condition.Hundreds of cultural bodies, journalists, businessmen, along with news channels and organizations, have been branded "foreign representatives"-- which holds negative Soviet-era undertones-- considering that Russia offered the laws in 2012.The Russian Compensation Administrative agency's latest add-on to the "overseas representatives" checklist consists of world-renowned gig pianist Yevgeny Kissin, Apostolic Orthodox Church clergyman Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko as well as ex-KGB policeman Yuri Shvets. Dmitry Tsibirev, that served as a coordinator for the overdue Kremlin doubter Alexei Navalny in the Saratov area, was actually additionally named a "foreign agent" on Friday." Kissin resisted the special military procedure in Ukraine, participated in fundraising activities on behalf of the Ukrainian armies, including as part of his touring tasks, and additionally moved funds to them," the department stated.Mikhnov-Vaytenko, on the other hand, was actually charged of spreading out "phony headlines" concerning the Russian authorities as well as giving meetings to "overseas broker" media.Shvets, that supplies commentary on Russia's battle in Ukraine for his well-known YouTube channel, was accused of recommending countries that are "hostile" to Russia to step up "unlawful actions" versus Moscow. Since the 1990s, the past spy has resided in the United States, where he keeps citizenship.Russia applies the term "international agent" to individuals it sees as double-dealers and also enemies of the state, and also demands all those identified to signify their magazines along with a prolonged waiver. People branded as "overseas agents" are also called for to provide rigorous monetary records to the Justice Ministry.Independent media has reported that the lot of illegal cases versus "foreign representatives" in Russia greater than increased in 2023 compared to the previous year..Russian authorizations have actually transferred to even more secure regulation targeting "overseas representatives" in latest months.