Musician Vasya Oblomov and four other people were recognized as “foreign agents”

The Ministry of Justice has declared musician Vasily Goncharov, known under the pseudonym Vasya Oblomov, a “foreign agent”. Information about...

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has included musician Vasya Oblomov (Vasily Goncharov) in the register of “foreign agents”. In addition, the list includes environmental activist Vladimir Slivyak, orientalist Nikita Smagin, journalist Konstantin Susolkin and blogger Dmitry Chernyshev. Legislation on so-called “foreign agents” appeared in Russia in 2012. The law allowed the Ministry of Justice to recognize non-profit organization…