The lawyer told whether it is worth attending concerts of foreign agents

MOSCOW, February 2 A well-known Russian lawyer representing the interests of media persons, Sergei Zhorin, told how safe it is to purchase tickets and attend concerts of artists recognized in Russia as individuals-foreign agents.
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“If a person is recognized as a foreign agent, this does not mean that it is prohibited to have any financial relationships with him. As far as I know, all this is possible,” Zhorin commented. “Foreign agents have their restrictions, but this does not mean that a person is prohibited from performing concerts.”

The lawyer also recommended clearly distinguishing between the concepts of “foreign agent,” “terrorist,” and “extremist.”
“»If a person is recognized in the Russian Federation as an accomplice of a terrorist, an extremist or something similar, then, of course, he does not need to purchase tickets or transfer any funds and donations [monetary donations — ed.], since this may entail appropriate punishment,” the lawyer said.
Zhorin advised to carefully monitor which artist’s concert tickets are purchased for, and, depending on this, make an informed decision. Otherwise, you may unknowingly find yourself an unwitting sponsor of terrorism.

In Russia, actor Arthur Smolyaninov*, known for his roles in the films “9th Company” and “Secret Sign”, is included in the list of terrorists and extremists. , “Yolki”, actor Kirill Kanakhin*, who starred in the TV series “Capercaillie”, writer Boris Akunin* (real name is Grigory Chkhartishvili). The full list of persons is posted on the Rosfinmonitoring website.
Financing terrorism can result in a prison sentence of up to 10 years and a fine of up to half a million rubles.
Among the artists-foreign agents are rappers Oxxymiron** and Morgenstern**, rock singer Zemfira**, leader of the Little Big group Ilya Prusikin**, lead singer of “Bi-2” Egor Bortnik**, singer Andrey Makarevich** , comedian Mikhail Shats** and many others. An updated list of foreign agents is published by the Ministry of Justice.
*An individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists.

** An individual performing the functions of a foreign agent in Russia.