Affiliated media: Tamizdat Project , A public scholarship and philanthropic initiative for the study of banned books from the Cold War to the present

Incident date: August 22, 2025

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 Russian Ministry of Justice has included the Tamizdat Project, dedicated to the fight against censorship “from the Cold War to the present day,” in its register of “foreign agents.” According to the Ministry of Justice, it disseminated “unreliable information” about the decisions and policies of the Russian authorities, and also “opposed the special military operation in Ukraine.”