PThe Ministry approved the regulation on state control over the activities of foreign agents According to the regulation, representatives of the Ministry of Justice will be able to monitor the activities of foreign agents, including attending events, requesting financial documents and issuing instructions on the need to eliminate violations
The Russian government has approved the regulation on state control over the activities of foreign agents, the document is posted on the official portal of legal information.
“The task of the state control is to prevent, detect and suppress violations of the requirements of the legislation on foreign agents. <..."State control is carried out by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and its territorial bodies," the document says.
According to the law, representatives of the Ministry of Justice will be able to:
- attend events held by foreign agents;
- request administrative documents from the management bodies of legal entities controlled by foreign agents;
- request information from credit and financial organizations about the financial and economic activities of foreign agents;
- study the documents of controlled persons available to the authorities, as well as analyze printed, audio-visual and other messages and materials posted by foreign agents;
- issue mandatory for execution within a period of at least one month, prescriptions for the elimination of identified violations.
Scheduled inspections of controlled persons should be carried out no more than once a year, the plan itself must be approved by the Ministry of Justice no later than November 1. At the same time, the duration of a routine check should not exceed 20 days, and an unscheduled one should not exceed 50 days.
Controlled persons have the right to appeal against the actions of officials exercising state control. The complaint must be sent to the Ministry of Justice or its territorial body within three months after the decision of the state control body or the commission of an illegal action by an official. The complaint must be considered within 30 calendar days.
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The concept of “foreign agent” was first introduced into Russian legislation in 2012. At first, it applied only to NGOs engaged in political activities. The law on Foreign Media in Russia was adopted in 2017. In 2019, amendments were made to the legislation, which determined the possibility of assignmentthe status of a foreign agent to individuals and legal entities, if they distribute or participate in the creation of information by foreign media and are financed in one form or another from abroad. By the end of 2020, the concept of unregistered public associations performing the functions of a foreign agent also appeared in the legislation.
The legislation contains a number of prohibitions and restrictions on persons involved from the lists of foreign agents. The messages and materials of the foreign media should be distributed on the territory of Russia with the appropriate labeling. The dissemination of information about the NGO-foreign agent, NGO-foreign agent, natural person-foreign agent should also be accompanied by labeling.
In addition, foreign agents cannot receive state funding when carrying out creative activities, teach and conduct educational activities among minors, produce information products for minors, as well as participate in the procurement of goods, works and services to meet state and municipal needs.
On December 1, 2022, the Ministry of Justice published a single list of foreign agents. At the same time, there were persons previously excluded from the register in it. Opposite the names of organizations in the list are their INN and OGRN (the main state registration number), and the individual is mentioned with the date of birth. Currently, there are 520 people, media and organizations in the register.
In June, the State Duma adopted a bill “On the control of the activities of persons under foreign influence”. In accordance with it, those who receive “support from abroad” or are under “foreign influence” can now be recognized as foreign agents without foreign funding.
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