Dissident Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who once promised to return to Moscow in a U.S.-made Abrams tank, was designated as a foreign agent on April 7 by the Russian Justice Ministry for allegedly “fundraising” for Ukraine’s military and spreading “false information” about “public authorities.” In January, Russia’s Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant for Babchenko, who left Russia in 2017 and lived in the Czech Republic for some time before he moved to Ukraine, on unspecified charges. Babchenko left Ukraine in 2019 for an unspecified country. To read the original story from Current Time, click here.
Russia Designates Self-Exiled Kremlin Critic, Journalist Arkady Babchenko 'Foreign Agent'
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