Russia's Putin signs law to label people foreign agents

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed legislation allowing individuals to be labelled foreign agents, drawing criticism from rights groups that say the move will further restrict media freedoms in the country. An initial foreign agent law wa sadopted by Russia in 2012, giving authorities the power to label non-governmental organisations and human rights groups as foreign agents - a term that carries a negative Soviet-era connotations. Several rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, had called for the initiative to be dropped as it was being approved by lawmakers.