Rapper Face was fined by the court for evading the duties of a foreign agent

On March 3, the World Court of the Kirovsky District Court of Ufa fined rapper Face (Ivan Dremin, recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent) 250 thousand rubles for evading the duties of a foreign agent. The united press service of the courts of Bashkortostan reported this in its Telegram channel.

"In 2023-2024, the Ufa city courts repeatedly brought the defendant to administrative responsibility for violating the procedure established for foreign agents (Parts 2 and 4 of Articles 19.34 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation)," the report says.

Shadow of the teacher: foreign agents will be banned from conducting educational activities

Which institutions are covered by the law and what are the parliamentarians still arguing about?

The Ministry of Justice added rapper Face to the register of foreign agents in April 2022. At the same time, according to open data, he left Russia. A criminal case was opened against the musician under Part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (evading duties provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation on foreign agents), Dremin was put on the interstate wanted list. In December 2025, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention in absentia.

A day earlier, on March 2, a criminal case against rapper Alisher Morgenstern (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) was sent to court. This was reported on the website of the Moscow Prosecutor's Office. The artist is charged under Part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Evading the duties of a foreign agent").

All important news is on the Izvestia channel in the MAX messenger.