The ministry said the new entrants to the list spread inaccurate information about the authorities' policies and opposed Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Politician Ilya Yashin founded "Peaceful Russia" in Berlin in June. According to Yashin, the party is not an émigré party, though he has acknowledged that it cannot operate legally inside Russia.
Journalist Yekaterina Duntsova created "Rassvet" after the Central Election Commission refused to register her for the presidential election. The authorities decline to register "Rassvet" officially, citing errors in its founding documents. Duntsova herself has been on the "foreign agents" register since May 2024.
Besides the parties, the updated list includes feminist activist Leda Garina, publicist Boris Grozovsky, human rights defender Nikolai Rodkin, poet and feminist Galina Rymbu, journalist Murat Temirov and the media outlet "Razoblacheno". According to Ekho, the Telegram channel is linked to supporters of Svetlana Lada-Rus.
The "foreign agents" law was adopted in 2012. Initially it allowed NGOs to be designated agents if they received foreign funding and engaged in political activity. The designation later extended to media outlets and individuals, including those who receive no foreign funding but are "under foreign influence". The legislation does not specify what counts as foreign influence.
The Justice Ministry's register contains more than 1,200 people and organizations. Human rights advocates call the law repressive. Criminal cases over failure to comply with "foreign agent" obligations are opened regularly in Russia.