The key facts

  • The relocants registry with temporary restrictions now includes Akunin, Bykov, Nevzorov, Dud and Gudkov — all previously designated foreign agents
  • On November 6, Galina Rymbu and the Dawn (Rassvet) party were designated foreign agents
  • Earlier, the Justice Ministry designated journalist Maxim Kurinnikov as a foreign agent

Five individuals added to the relocants registry

On November 6, Russia's Ministry of Justice updated the registry of relocants subject to temporary restrictive measures — this was announced on the ministry's website, as noted by Gazeta.Ru. The list includes writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili), writer and journalist Dmitry Bykov, journalist Alexander Nevzorov, blogger Yuri Dud and former State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov. All of them had previously been designated as foreign agents; according to the outlet, Akunin, Bykov and Gudkov have also been added to the list of terrorists and extremists, while Nevzorov, together with his wife Lidia Nevzorova, has been designated an extremist association, and Dud has been designated a foreign-agent media outlet.

New foreign agents designated the same day

In addition to updating the relocants registry, on November 6 the ministry added poetess and feminist activist Galina Rymbu to the registry of foreign agents. According to the Ministry of Justice, she spread false information about decisions of the Russian authorities, spoke out against the special military operation in Ukraine, and participated in creating and distributing materials by foreign agents and undesirable organizations. The same day, the Dawn (Rassvet) party was also added to the foreign agents registry. Earlier, according to the outlet, journalist Maxim Kurinnikov had been designated a foreign agent.

What is known and what remains unclear

The publication does not specify exactly which temporary restrictive measures are being applied to the relocants added to the registry, nor on what basis the individuals on the list were selected — these details are not provided in the announcement. What remains confirmed is the fact of the registry update itself and the composition of the list according to the ministry's version; no comments from the individuals concerned or their representatives are included in the publication.