.Authorizations in Russia on Friday labelled a Grammy-winning pianist, a priest who helps Ukrainian refugees as well as a previous Soviet spy as "international brokers," the latest upgrade to Moscow's expanding listing of people it regards as adversaries of the state.Thousands of cultural figures, journalists, businesspeople, and also headlines outlets and institutions, have actually been branded "overseas representatives"-- which brings bad Soviet-era associations-- because Russia presented the laws in 2012.The Russian Compensation Department's latest enhancement to the "overseas brokers" listing features world-renowned show pianist Yevgeny Kissin, Apostolic Orthodox Religion priest Grigory Mikhnov-Vaytenko and also ex-KGB officer Yuri Shvets. Dmitry Tsibirev, who acted as a coordinator for the overdue Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in the Saratov region, was actually also called a "international agent" on Friday." Kissin opposed the special army operation in Ukraine, joined fundraising occasions on behalf of the Ukrainian militaries, including as aspect of his touring activities, and also transferred funds to them," the ministry said.Mikhnov-Vaytenko, on the other hand, was actually charged of spreading out "bogus headlines" regarding the Russian authorities and giving interviews to "overseas agent" media.Shvets, who gives comments on Russia's battle in Ukraine for his well-liked YouTube network, was actually accused of prompting nations that are actually "antagonistic" to Russia to step up "illegal activities" against Moscow. Given that the 1990s, the past spy has actually stayed in the United States, where he keeps citizenship.Russia applies the phrase "international agent" to people it sees as traitors as well as enemies of the state, as well as calls for all those designated to indicate their publications with a lengthy please note. Individuals branded as "international representatives" are actually additionally needed to send rigorous monetary documents to the Justice Department.Independent media has actually mentioned that the lot of unlawful situations versus "overseas representatives" in Russia more than doubled in 2023 compared with the previous year..Russian authorizations have moved to further tighten up legislation targeting "overseas representatives" in recent months.