FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Russian flag on the headquarters of State Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament, in Moscow, Russia October 17, 2024. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) -Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, unanimously approved a bill on Tuesday that tightens restrictions on income received by those Moscow has designated as "foreign agents".
Russian law requires any person or organisation receiving support from outside Russia or who Moscow says is under foreign influence to register as a "foreign agent", a label that has negative Soviet-era connotations and brings onerous bureaucratic requirements.
