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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a bill that requires media outlets that receive funding from overseas to register as foreign agents.
THE DETAILS: The bill moved swiftly through the Russian legislature, passing the Russian State Duma on Nov. 15 and the Federation Council on Nov. 22, TASS reported on Saturday.
The law will subject foreign media outlets to the same restrictions and responsibilities as non-governmental organizations that have to register as foreign agents.
The Russian Embassy in the United States tweeted about the law on Saturday, directing the message at the U.S. departments of Justice and State.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signs into law bill on foreign agent media. The law labels media outlets as foreign agents if they receive funding from abroad
https://t.co/HAx7xpBLT4 @TheJusticeDept @StateDept pic.twitter.com/1945X9Lmqd— Russia in USA (@RusEmbUSA) November 25, 2017
IN CONTEXT: The law comes as a response to the U.S. demand that a Russian-funded news outlet RT register as a foreign agent.
The Russian Embassy tweeted that the law “is a symmetrical response to US demand that Russian media outlets register as foreign agents.”
