Rostislav Murzagulov

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Open Media, Host of the project Uncensored News

Incident date: December 9, 2022

Attack type:

Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Ministry of Justice has put former Bashkir official Rostislav Murzagulov, who worked in the administration of the head of Bashkortostan under three heads of the republic, on the register of «foreign agents». Now Murzagulov is the host of the project Uncensored News on the YouTube channel Open Media’ He himself asks to be included in the list of «foreign agents».

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