.Authorizations in Russia marked the anti-war Telegram information network Astra as a "foreign solution" on Friday.Russia's Judicature Administrative agency implicated Astra of spreading "inaccurate info" concerning government policy in order to ensure a "bad picture" of the Russian armed force." [Astra] opposed the unique armed forces procedure in Ukraine ... The designer and managing editor of the web portal stay outside Russia," the administrative agency mentioned in a statement.Together with Astra, authorizations tagged Yabloko opposition politician Nikolai Kavkazsky, political blog writer Anton Khardin, regional activist Artyom Medvedev as well as fictional critic Oleg Lekmanov as "overseas representatives" on Friday.Russia makes use of the "foreign substance" label to target people and also associations they consider as opponents of the condition. Those fined the classification are demanded to provide strenuous financial files to the Compensation Ministry, along with display screen "overseas agent" waivers in magazines as well as social media posts.Given that its own founding in the initial full week of Russia's full-blown infiltration of Ukraine, Astra, started through reporter Anastasia Chumakova, has disclosed extensively on the disagreement.The updates network mentioned it would continue its work despite the classification, noting that the "foreign representative" rule prohibits ad sales to Russians yet does not prohibit visitors coming from sharing its material or bring in contributions.