Russia approves ban on ‘foreign agents’
Several rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, called for the initiative to be dropped as it was being approved by lawmakers.
(R-L) Russia's State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, President Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, who was nominated as the candidate for the post of Prime Minister, walk before a session of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Moscow Russia May 8, 2018.(photo credit: Sputnik/Alexander Astafyev/Pool via REUTERS)