.Authorities in Russia designated the anti-war Telegram headlines network Astra as a "overseas substance" on Friday.Russia's Justice Ministry accused Astra of spreading "unreliable information" regarding authorities plan to advertise a "bad picture" of the Russian military." [Astra] opposed the exclusive armed forces procedure in Ukraine ... The inventor as well as managing editor of the world wide web portal live outside Russia," the department mentioned in a statement.Alongside Astra, authorities labeled Yabloko opponent politician Nikolai Kavkazsky, political blogger Anton Khardin, local protestor Artyom Medvedev and also literary reviewer Oleg Lekmanov as "international agents" on Friday.Russia utilizes the "overseas agent" label to target people as well as institutions they consider as adversaries of the state. Those fined the classification are actually needed to provide rigorous financial files to the Justice Ministry, and also show "overseas agent" please notes in publications and also social media sites posts.Since its own founding in the very first week of Russia's full-scale intrusion of Ukraine, Astra, established by journalist Anastasia Chumakova, has disclosed extensively on the dispute.The updates stations said it would proceed its own work regardless of the designation, noting that the "foreign broker" legislation forbids add purchases to Russians but performs certainly not prohibit readers from sharing its own content or even making contributions.