.Authorizations in Russia on Friday designated a Grammy-winning pianist, a priest that aids Ukrainian evacuees and also a past Soviet spy as "foreign representatives," the latest update to Moscow's growing list of people it considers as enemies of the state.Manies cultural physiques, reporters, businessmen, along with information electrical outlets and also companies, have actually been actually branded "foreign brokers"-- which brings damaging Soviet-era associations-- given that Russia offered the regulations in 2012.The Russian Compensation Ministry's newest addition to the "foreign agents" listing includes world-renowned performance pianist Yevgeny Kissin, Apostolic Orthodox Religion priest Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko as well as ex-KGB police officer Yuri Shvets. Dmitry Tsibirev, that functioned as an organizer for the overdue Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in the Saratov region, was additionally called a "overseas broker" on Friday." Kissin resisted the special military function in Ukraine, participated in fundraising occasions in support of the Ukrainian armies, consisting of as component of his touring activities, and additionally transferred funds to all of them," the administrative agency pointed out.Mikhnov-Vaytenko, meanwhile, was actually indicted of dispersing "fake headlines" about the Russian authorities and also offering interviews to "international agent" media.Shvets, who gives commentary on Russia's war in Ukraine for his prominent YouTube network, was actually accused of advising nations that are actually "unfriendly" to Russia to improve "prohibited actions" versus Moscow. Because the 1990s, the former spy has actually lived in the United States, where he keeps citizenship.Russia administers the phrase "overseas representative" to individuals it considers traitors as well as enemies of the condition, and requires all those tagged to mark their magazines with an extensive disclaimer. People branded as "international representatives" are actually additionally required to provide extensive monetary reports to the Justice Administrative agency.Independent media has disclosed that the lot of unlawful instances against "overseas representatives" in Russia much more than increased in 2023 compared to the previous year..Russian authorizations have actually relocated to even further firm up laws targeting "foreign brokers" in current months.