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Russia’s Justice Ministry designates Khodorkovsky Live, a YouTube news project with over 3.4 million subscribers, a ‘foreign agent’

Source: Russia's Justice Ministry

Russia’s Justice Ministry designated Khodorkovsky LIVE a “foreign agent,” according to an announcement posted on the ministry’s website on September 25.

The ministry also added journalist Valery Klepkin and art historian Maria Mikaelyan to its “foreign agents” registry.

Khodorkovsky LIVE is a journalism project founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who has also been designated a “foreign agent.” Its YouTube channel has more than 3.4 million subscribers.

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