The State Duma approved new restrictions for “foreign agents.” They include more inspections and a ban on social advertising

The State Duma approved new restrictions for “foreign agents.” They include more inspections and a ban on social advertising

Here are the restrictions the new law provides for:

✹ Banks will have to provide the Justice Ministry, within three days of its request, with information on the financial transactions, accounts, and deposits of “foreign agents.”

✹ Social advertising may not be placed on the websites and resources of “foreign agents.” “Foreign agents” also may not act as its заказчик.

✹ If the authorities refuse to remove a “foreign agent” from the relevant register, that person or entity will be able to file a new application only one year after the refusal.

✹ “Foreign agents” must submit reports to the Justice Ministry electronically rather than on paper, as they do now.

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