.Authorities in Russia marked the anti-war Telegram updates stations Astra as a "international agent" on Friday.Russia's Judicature Administrative agency accused Astra of spreading out "incorrect info" regarding government policy to market a "damaging picture" of the Russian military." [Astra] resisted the special armed forces procedure in Ukraine ... The creator as well as managing editor of the internet portal live outside Russia," the administrative agency claimed in a statement.Along with Astra, authorizations classified Yabloko adversary party member Nikolai Kavkazsky, political blogger Anton Khardin, local lobbyist Artyom Medvedev as well as literary commentator Oleg Lekmanov as "international agents" on Friday.Russia uses the "international substance" tag to target individuals as well as institutions they view as opponents of the state. Those fined the classification are actually needed to provide extensive financial documents to the Justice Administrative agency, as well as display "international representative" please notes in publications and social networking sites blog posts.Since its own founding in the 1st week of Russia's major infiltration of Ukraine, Astra, started by writer Anastasia Chumakova, has actually stated thoroughly on the conflict.The information network said it will continue its job even with the classification, noting that the "international broker" rule forbids add purchases to Russians yet does certainly not ban audiences from sharing its own web content or even bring in donations.