.Authorizations in Russia on Friday labelled a Grammy-winning pianist, a clergyman who helps Ukrainian refugees as well as a previous Soviet spy as "international representatives," the most up to date improve to Moscow's increasing list of individuals it deems as enemies of the condition.Numerous cultural physiques, writers, businessmen, and also headlines channels as well as institutions, have been actually branded "international representatives"-- which carries adverse Soviet-era connotations-- given that Russia introduced the regulation in 2012.The Russian Justice Administrative agency's most recent enhancement to the "international representatives" list includes world-renowned gig pianist Yevgeny Kissin, Apostolic Orthodox Religion priest Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko and also ex-KGB officer Yuri Shvets. Dmitry Tsibirev, that worked as an organizer for the overdue Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in the Saratov area, was actually likewise named a "international agent" on Friday." Kissin resisted the special army operation in Ukraine, participated in fundraising events on behalf of the Ukrainian militaries, consisting of as part of his touring tasks, as well as also transmitted funds to all of them," the department claimed.Mikhnov-Vaytenko, meanwhile, was actually charged of spreading "fake information" regarding the Russian authorizations as well as providing job interviews to "overseas agent" media.Shvets, that gives discourse on Russia's war in Ukraine for his prominent YouTube channel, was indicted of advising countries that are actually "hostile" to Russia to improve "prohibited activities" versus Moscow. Since the 1990s, the previous spy has actually resided in the USA, where he holds citizenship.Russia applies the condition "international representative" to folks it sees as traitors and also opponents of the condition, as well as demands all those identified to denote their magazines along with a prolonged please note. Individuals branded as "international representatives" are additionally needed to submit extensive monetary files to the Justice Department.Independent media has actually disclosed that the number of criminal cases versus "foreign representatives" in Russia more than multiplied in 2023 compared with the previous year..Russian authorities have actually transferred to even further firm up regulations targeting "overseas brokers" in recent months.