MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday named nine U.S. government-sponsored news outlets likely to be labelled "foreign agents" under a new law that is being rushed through parliament in response to what Moscow says is unacceptable U.S. pressure on Russian media.
On Wednesday, Russia's lower house of parliament approved the law, allowing Moscow to force foreign media to brand news they provide to Russians as the work of "foreign agents" and to disclose their funding sources.
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