.Authorities in Russia designated the anti-war Telegram headlines network Astra as a "international agent" on Friday.Russia's Justice Department charged Astra of dispersing "imprecise information" about federal government policy if you want to promote a "damaging image" of the Russian armed force." [Astra] opposed the special army procedure in Ukraine ... The producer as well as managing editor of the world wide web portal live outside Russia," the administrative agency said in a claim.Alongside Astra, authorities labeled Yabloko opponent party member Nikolai Kavkazsky, political blogger Anton Khardin, local activist Artyom Medvedev and fictional reviewer Oleg Lekmanov as "international agents" on Friday.Russia utilizes the "overseas agent" tag to target individuals as well as organizations they consider as enemies of the condition. Those fined the designation are actually needed to send rigorous financial reports to the Compensation Ministry, along with show "international agent" disclaimers in publications and also social media sites blog posts.Since its starting in the first week of Russia's all-out intrusion of Ukraine, Astra, established by writer Anastasia Chumakova, has actually disclosed substantially on the problem.The information stations claimed it would proceed its own job even with the designation, noting that the "overseas agent" legislation bans add sales to Russians yet performs not disallow audiences from discussing its own web content or bring in donations.