# Claim 77

No specific stated justification beyond Russia's existing foreign-agent framework was documented.

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

- Statement: No specific stated justification beyond Russia's existing foreign-agent framework was documented.
- Field: stated_justification
- Value: Not stated as a discrete rationale beyond Russia's existing "foreign agent" framework
- About: [incident 2026-russia-new-law-targets-exiled-journalists-assets](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-russia-new-law-targets-exiled-journalists-assets)
- Source: Russia: new law expands Kremlin's legal persecution of exiled journalists. https://rsf.org/en/russia-new-law-expands-kremlin-s-legal-persecution-exiled-journalists
- Publisher: Reporters Without Borders
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2026-07-29

## Quotation from the source

> On 24 July, the Russian parliament unanimously adopted a new law targeting Russians in exile who have been designated as 'foreign agents'

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/77. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.