Foreign agents should not be allowed to receive income from sources in Russia, Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with Russian publications and Vkontakte users.
“I think it is necessary to change the legislation on foreign agents, where it is directly established that persons recognized as foreign agents do not have the right to receive income from sources in Russia,” he said. declared.
Medvedev called “immoral and unacceptable” the situation where Russians living abroad, accused of discrediting the army, receive income from Russian sources. In his opinion, if a person just leaves the country and “sits quietly” abroad, it is his personal choice, but “leaving the country at a difficult time is an immoral act”.
Previous blogger Ilya Varlamov* was added to the list of foreign agents.
Medvedev’s message calling for banning foreign agents from receiving income from Russia
