Andrei Kozyrev, the first foreign minister of post-Soviet Russia and a vocal critic of Vladimir Putin, has been designated a "foreign agent" by Russia's justice ministry. The ministry accuses Kozyrev, who resides in the United States, of spreading false information about the government and military activities, particularly regarding the war in Ukraine.
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