.Authorizations in Russia marked the anti-war Telegram headlines stations Astra as a "foreign agent" on Friday.Russia's Justice Ministry implicated Astra of spreading "imprecise info" about government plan in order to market a "damaging image" of the Russian armed force." [Astra] resisted the special army procedure in Ukraine ... The producer as well as editor-in-chief of the world wide web portal stay outside Russia," the ministry said in a declaration.Alongside Astra, authorities labeled Yabloko opposition politician Nikolai Kavkazsky, political blog writer Anton Khardin, regional lobbyist Artyom Medvedev as well as fictional expert Oleg Lekmanov as "foreign representatives" on Friday.Russia uses the "international substance" tag to target individuals and also companies they view as opponents of the state. Those hit with the classification are actually demanded to submit strenuous economic records to the Compensation Department, and also display screen "international broker" disclaimers in magazines and social networks messages.Due to the fact that its own beginning in the very first full week of Russia's full-scale attack of Ukraine, Astra, established through journalist Anastasia Chumakova, has actually mentioned extensively on the problem.The headlines network stated it will continue its own job despite the classification, taking note that the "foreign representative" legislation bans advertisement sales to Russians yet performs certainly not prohibit readers from sharing its own web content or even making contributions.