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Russia names nine U.S.-backed news outlets likely to be labeled 'foreign agents'
Russia on Thursday named nine U.S. government-sponsored news outlets likely to be labeled “foreign agents” under a new law that is being rushed through parliament in response to what Moscow says is unacceptable U.S. pressure on Russian media. Russia’s lower house of parliament approved the law - allowing Moscow to force foreign media to brand news they provide to Russians as the work of “foreign agents” and to disclose their funding sources - on Wednesday.
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