On Friday 16 December, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) asked the Russian authorities to stop the practice of describing Russian NGOs as "foreign agents", as well as all resulting administrative harassment. The call from the EEAS followed a Moscow court's confirmation the same day of Russia's inclusion of the Memorial International Society on its list of"foreign agents".
"The European Union has repeatedly stated that the law on 'foreign agents' and the...