Renowned Russian Writer Boris Akunin Labelled 'Foreign Agent'

Russia has appointed Boris Akunin, one of the country's most popular novelists, as a foreign agent, the BBC reported, citing News.ro.

Russia designates popular writer a foreign agent over Ukraine stance

Books by bestselling author Grigori Chkhartishvili, who writes under pen name Boris Akunin, removed from shelves over his opposition to invasionRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesRussia’s justice ministry late on Friday designated one of the country’s most popular fiction writers a foreign agent because of his opposition to Moscow’s war in Ukraine.The historical detective stories of Boris Akunin, the pen name of Georgian-born Grigori Chkhar…

Russia designates one of its most popular writers a ‘foreign agent’. Here's why

The "foreign agent" designation carries a negative Soviet-era connotation and obliges people to identify themselves as foreign agents on social media.

Renowned Russian Writer Boris Akunin Labeled ‘Foreign Agent’

Russia on Friday labeled the exiled writer Boris Akunin, who has spoken out against Moscow's military operation in Ukraine, as a foreign agent.

Boris Akunin called Putin a “psychologically disturbed dictator,” and he heavily criticized the Ukraine war. Now the crime writer is considered a foreign agent in Russia.

Russia lists writer Boris Akunin as foreign agents

The Russian Justice Ministry also listed other people and entities as foreign agents, including the website Kholod; Andrey Kurshin, the founder of the Telegram channel called Moscow Calling; Novaya Gazeta columnist Alexander Minkin; and the former lawmaker from the Mary El Republic, Anton Sokolov