That bizarre moment when Russia declared its own Russian independent news media a "foreign agent".

Following that rather strange announcement, an awkward interview with Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova, the Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Here is her instagram if you feel like leaving her a (hopefully negative) comment:   / mzakharovamid  

Channel Rain is now forced to put this ridiculous warning message on all of its news content (including social media):

"ДАННОЕ СООБЩЕНИЕ (МАТЕРИАЛ) СОЗДАНО И (ИЛИ) РАСПРОСТРАНЕНО СРЕДСТВОМ МАССОВОЙ ИНФОРМАЦИИ, ВЫПОЛНЯЮЩИМ ФУНКЦИИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА, И (ИЛИ) РОССИЙСКИМ ЮРИДИЧЕСКИМ ЛИЦОМ, ВЫПОЛНЯЮЩИМ ФУНКЦИИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА."

The translation goes something like this:
"This material was created and (or) disseminated by foreign media, which performs the function of a foreign agent."

https://www.change.org/p/%D0%B3%D0%BE...

Valery Aleksandrovich Fadeyev is responsible for this ridiculous decision.
(the real irony here is that they used WESTERN FOREIGN social media to announce the decision!)🤦‍♂️
  / 2970771966497042  
  / president.sovet  
  / sovet_po_pravam  
  / presidentsovet