.Authorizations in Russia on Friday designated a Grammy-winning pianist, a priest who helps Ukrainian expatriates and a former Soviet spy as "overseas agents," the current update to Moscow's expanding listing of people it deems as enemies of the state.Hundreds of social bodies, journalists, businessmen, as well as information channels as well as associations, have been branded "overseas brokers"-- which holds negative Soviet-era undertones-- because Russia offered the laws in 2012.The Russian Fair treatment Administrative agency's most current addition to the "overseas agents" listing includes world-renowned gig pianist Yevgeny Kissin, Apostolic Orthodox Religion priest Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko as well as ex-KGB policeman Yuri Shvets. Dmitry Tsibirev, that worked as an organizer for the overdue Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in the Saratov location, was actually likewise named a "overseas representative" on Friday." Kissin resisted the unique military procedure in Ukraine, took part in fundraising activities on behalf of the Ukrainian armies, featuring as part of his touring tasks, and also transmitted funds to them," the administrative agency stated.Mikhnov-Vaytenko, meanwhile, was accused of spreading "phony headlines" regarding the Russian authorizations and offering job interviews to "foreign agent" media.Shvets, who delivers discourse on Russia's battle in Ukraine for his popular YouTube channel, was actually indicted of prompting countries that are "antagonistic" to Russia to boost "unlawful activities" against Moscow. Since the 1990s, the past spy has actually lived in the United States, where he holds citizenship.Russia uses the phrase "overseas broker" to individuals it views as traitors and also opponents of the condition, as well as calls for all those classified to denote their magazines along with a prolonged waiver. Individuals branded as "foreign agents" are actually likewise demanded to provide extensive monetary records to the Compensation Department.Independent media has disclosed that the lot of illegal scenarios versus "overseas brokers" in Russia greater than doubled in 2023 compared with the previous year..Russian authorities have moved to further tighten up legislation targeting "foreign agents" in latest months.