INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia on Friday added two high-profile Kremlin critics to its list of "foreign agents": former chess champion Garry Kasparov and ex-tycoon
Mikhail Khodorkovsky.The infamous label, reminiscent of the "enemies of the people" of the Soviet period, is used extensively against
opponents, journalists and human rights activists accused of conducting foreign-funded political activities.Such "foreign agents" are
subject to numerous constraints and laborious procedures, under pain of severe sanctions
In particular, they must indicate this status in all their publications.In its updated website list, the Russian Justice Ministry said that
is a longtime opponent of President Vladimir Putin and has lived in the United States for almost a decade.Khodorkovsky was one of Russia's
from 2003 to 2013, in prison and then went into exile.For years, he helped to finance the Russian opposition organization Open Russia, which
dissolved itself in May last year in the face of growing repression.Since the start of Moscow's military operation in Ukraine on Feb
24, dozens of members of the Russian intellectual elite and journalists have left the country, as the authorities step up pressure against
