Russia widens net in hunt for 'foreign agents'

Russian photographer Alexander Rumyantsev never thought he was meddling in politics when he staged an art festival with funding from the US government -- but the authorities in his country decided differently. Late last month Russia's justice ministry included the photography club Rumyantsev runs in the Siberian city of Omsk on a black list of so-called "foreign agents" -- making it one of the latest victims of a controversial law critics say is aimed at muzzling independent civil society. "We organised a festival of photos, videos and sculpture with a grant from the American consulate," Rumyantsev told AFP of the event in the regional city of Yekaterinburg.

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