# Claim 689

Meduza's own assessment of the designation's practical effect.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Meduza's own assessment of the designation's practical effect.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: Meduza's editor says the label destroys its business
- About: [incident 2021-russia-designates-meduza-foreign-agent](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-russia-designates-meduza-foreign-agent)
- Source: Russia designates independent outlets Meduza and PASMI as 'foreign agents'. https://cpj.org/2021/04/russia-designates-independent-outlets-meduza-and-pasmi-as-foreign-agents/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2021-04-26

## Quotation from the source

> Recognition of Meduza as a foreign agent deprives us of the opportunity to fully engage in journalism in Russia (because this is a discriminatory status), and destroys our business (because advertisers will run away from us),

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