Foreign agents by legal status Russia 2022

As of 2022, non-profit organizations made up the largest share of foreign agents in Russia. In total, 227 NPOs were found to be receiving funds from abroad while engaged in political activity domestically. Individual persons identifying themselves as media ranked second with 141 foreign agents.

Number of foreign agents in Russia as of October 2022, by legal status

Characteristic	Number of foreign agents
Non-profit organizations	227
Media (individual persons)	141
Undsirable organizations	67
Media (legal entities)	50
Natural persons	35
Unregistered public associations	10

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October 2022

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Russia

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as of October 2022

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The source defines a foreign agent as any individual, legal entity, or unregistered public association engaged in organizing rallies, participating in pickets, monitoring elections, or spreading opinions about the Russian government on social media while receiving funding from abroad.

The foreign agent law was first established in July 2012 and concerned non-profit organizations (NPOs) that engaged in political activities. From 2015, the status "undesirable organizations" was assigned to international organizations that, to the estimate of the Russian government, posed a threat to the constitutional order of the country. The 2017 and 2019 amendments extended the concept of "foreign agent" to media, both individual persons and legal entities. Since December 30, 2022, any natural persons or public associations without juridical status carrying out political activities or purposeful collection of information in the field of military activities can be recognized as a foreign agent.

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