Russia draws up more restrictions for 'foreign agents'

FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the country's oil and gas industry with representatives of Russian energy companies and officials via a video link at a residence outside Moscow, Russia April 14, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Russian lawmakers said on Thursday they planned to submit amendments to a law on "foreign agents" which would bar journalists and other people designated as such from investing in strategic industries and working with children.

The amendments, which need to be approved by the parliament and signed by President Vladimir Putin before they become law, would also bar foreign agents - people or organisations receiving foreign funding to engage in what the authorities say is political activity - from receiving financial support from the state.