.Authorities in Russia on Friday labelled a Grammy-winning pianist, a clergyman who helps Ukrainian expatriates and also a former Soviet spy as "foreign representatives," the most up to date update to Moscow's expanding checklist of people it considers as enemies of the state.Hundreds of cultural figures, writers, businesspeople, along with information outlets and companies, have actually been branded "foreign agents"-- which holds unfavorable Soviet-era associations-- since Russia introduced the regulation in 2012.The Russian Fair treatment Ministry's most recent addition to the "foreign agents" listing features world-renowned performance pianist Yevgeny Kissin, Apostolic Orthodox Church priest Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko and ex-KGB officer Yuri Shvets. Dmitry Tsibirev, that served as a coordinator for the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in the Saratov region, was actually also called a "foreign agent" on Friday." Kissin opposed the exclusive army procedure in Ukraine, took part in fundraising events on behalf of the Ukrainian militaries, including as component of his touring activities, as well as likewise moved funds to them," the department said.Mikhnov-Vaytenko, at the same time, was charged of dispersing "fake information" regarding the Russian authorizations and offering interviews to "international agent" media.Shvets, that supplies comments on Russia's war in Ukraine for his well-known YouTube stations, was actually charged of advising countries that are actually "hostile" to Russia to improve "wrongful actions" against Moscow. Given that the 1990s, the former spy has actually lived in the USA, where he keeps citizenship.Russia applies the term "foreign broker" to people it sees as traitors as well as foes of the condition, as well as demands all those identified to indicate their magazines along with an extensive disclaimer. People branded as "foreign brokers" are likewise demanded to submit strenuous economic records to the Fair treatment Administrative agency.Independent media has reported that the number of criminal cases against "overseas brokers" in Russia greater than doubled in 2023 compared with the previous year..Russian authorizations have actually moved to better firm up legislation targeting "overseas representatives" in current months.