(MENAFN) A recent law has been signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin that gives the government permission to classify any foreign media working in Russia as a foreign agent.
The bill which Parliament approved to earlier had come as retribution for Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT being asked to be listed as a foreign agent in the United States.
The law is to possibly affect more than nine US-funded broadcasters that include Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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