by the russian government was a big secret as if coming out of the blue it didn't fact because i know that facts actually do matter on nov sixteenth twenty seventeen the russian ministry of justice informed all relevant members of the. press and the public that quote in the near future the amendments to the legislation of the russian federation adopted by the state duma of the federal assembly of the russian federation on november fifteenth twenty seventeen according to which the possibility of recognizing foreign media acting in the territory of russian federation by foreign agents can become effective and quote this was widely reported for some time here and in english language russian press and many other international outlets the timing of the tweets is no more significant than the fact that i have been on the air and so does putin u.s. state department spokesman spokesperson either new or it stated expanding the foreign agents law to include media outlets opens the door to onerous requirements that could further siple freedom of speech and editorial independence in russia in their mind the use of foreign registrations act by the us government will have no adverse effect on

by the russian government was a big secret as if coming out of the blue it didn't fact because i know the facts actually do matter on nov sixteenth twenty seventeen the russian ministry of justice informed all relevant members of the press and the public that quote in the near future the amendments to the legislation of the russian federation adopted by the state duma of the federal assembly of the russian federation on november fifteenth twenty seventeen according to which the possibility of recognizing foreign media acting in the territory of russian federation by foreign agents can become effective and quote this was widely reported for some time here and in english language russian press and many other international outlets the timing of the tweets is no more significant than the fact that i have been on the air and so does putin u.s. state department spokesman spokesperson either new or it stated expanding the foreign agents law to include media outlets opens the door to onerous requirements that could further siple freedom of speech and editorial independence in russia in their mind the use of foreign registrations act by the us government will have no adverse effect on f

and now automatically consider it a foreign agents but it requires the russian ministry of justice to draw up a list of organizations that it doesn't like at the moment now these organizations will be made to disclose that all the information is coming from a foreign agent and they'll be made to go through a fairly tedious and lengthy financial courting process say exactly where the money is coming from and what it's being spent on legally it's a mess according to the russian presidential human rights council but that doesn't really matter that's not the point at the point of it is to be shown to be doing something in response to the u.s. decision to put russian broadcast up partied on its own for a page and just so the on what i was asians we think that are going to be feeding the force here in russia are american organizations like radio free europe and it's russian language offshoots kind of voice of america but as i say this is a loosely draws a piece of leisure to legislate and where it takes us we still don't know yet. interestingly the u.s. has a similar law like this and it's

of america meanwhile the russian state duma responded to the treatment of oxy america voted in favor of requiring media outlets funded from abroad to register for agents of the russian justice ministry subsequently released a list of the organizations that could be affected by the law and failure to register will lead to prosecution in the outlets could be. just like with the america old output by the channels will have to be mocked as a product released by foreign funded media for london mayor ken livingstone believes the current wrangling will actually drive people towards the media. i think there's more of attempt over the years to come to try and suppress what the american people get here because if people could see the truth about a lot of what's happening around the world they would be questioning what their government is doing behind all of that and so on the idea that there is a free press is nonsense any. here in britain and certainly in america so many of the newspapers are owned by billionaires who don't pay their taxes locally loaned them out the off shore the result of this is going to be more people now finding out on here what's on our t.v. i mean there be people out

up the russian parliament responded to the treatment of r t america voted in favor of making it possible to require u.s. funded media outlets to register as foreign agents russian justice ministry later released a list of organizations that could be affected by the law when it comes into force failure to register will lead to prosecution and the outlawed could be banned and just like with r t america all output by the channels will have to be marked as a product release by four. funded media british journalist clarke and former london merican livingston gave us their views on the issue i think there's a more more of attempt over the years to come to try and suppress what the american people get here because if american people could see the truth about a lot of what's happening around the world they would be questioning what their government is doing behind all of that and so on the result of this is going to be more people now finding out are going to hear what's on our t.v. i mean there be people out there never exist now that want to know what run from it what's going on i would be a total surprise to find foreign listeners of r t will be more in a few weeks time than they ar

russians and russian justice ministry has sent letters to two u.s. funded media outlets they've notified them that i may soon be labeled as foreign agents this of course is a response to being forced to register as a forward agent in america some are called house well the new legislation targets u.s. funded outlets including voice of america radio free europe and its other regional branches this comes only a few days after r.t. america was forced to register as a foreign agent or have all of their assets frozen russian r t have been regular topics of discussion at various hearings in the us discussing alleged russian interference in. the two thousand and sixteen election but until this very day there has been no evidence to substantiate any of these claims under the foreign agents registration act our team america will now have to disclose its finances provide regular reporting on its activities all within forty eight hours they'll also have to add a disclaimer on all of its work the ministries latest decision is a mere response to washington's recent crackdown on our teeth and its measures are similar to those required under fair and clearing disclos

america in the us the russian law does mirror the american one demanding regular financial and staffing information earlier russia's ministry of justice warned that u.s. funded outlets the voice of america and radio liberty of their possible requirements as foreign agents. that's the latest i'll be back with more news here in just over half of. the city that it may be any prepared to leave the xeni can see it is. not. very. severely limited. hey everybody i'm stephen baldwin gosh task hollywood guy you'll suspect every proud american first of all i'm just george washington and r.v.'s to say this is my buddy max famous financial guru well just a little bit different i'm not. going to find no no no one knows up with all the drama happening in our country i'm shooting the road have some fun meet every day americans come calling and hopefully start to bridge the gap this is the great american pill which. i says was it to. americans by the israelis i'm fortunate to be by financial support of some. sort of countries in asia for making unsafe you don't eat it. hello america riser this is the kaiser report we're going to be talking about very