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Russian authorities have declared newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov to be a foreign agent, continuing the country’s moves to suppress critics and independent reporting MOSCOW -- Russian authorities on Friday declared newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, to be a foreign agent , continuing the country's moves to suppress critics and independent reporting. Russian law allows for individuals and organizations receiving funding from abroad to be declared foreign agents, a pejorative term that potentially undermines their credibility with the Russian public. The status also requires designees to mark any publications with a disclaimer stating they are foreign agents. Muratov was chief editor of Novaya Gazeta, which was widely respected abroad for its investigative reporting and was frequently critical of the Kremlin. Muratov was a co-laureate of the 2021 Nobel prize; he later put up his Nobel medal for auction, receiving $103.5 million which he said would ...

A journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been detained in Russia and charged with failure to register as a foreign agent, the news outlet said on Wednesday. LONDON -- A journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been detained in Russia and charged with failure to register as a foreign agent, the news outlet said on Wednesday. Alsu Kurmasheva, who serves as an editor for the outlet 's Tatar-Bashkir Service, is a dual U.S.-Russian citizen, RFE/RL said. "Alsu is a highly respected colleague, devoted wife, and dedicated mother to two children," the outlet's acting President Dr. Jeffrey Gedmin said in a statement. "She needs to be released so she can return to her family immediately." In this handout frame released by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, editor Alsu Kurmasheva poses for a photo during a work break at the outlet's headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic, March 6, 2013. Claire Bigg/AP Kurmasheva, who lives in Prague, traveled ...

An agent for film legend Sophia Loren says the Italian actor is recovering from successful surgery for a leg fracture after she fell in her home in Switzerland ROME -- Film legend Sophia Loren is recovering from successful surgery for a leg fracture after she fell in her Switzerland home, an agent for the 89-year-old Italian actor said Monday. Agent Andrea Giusti said in an email that Loren fell in a bathroom on Sunday and the surgery was performed later that day. The operation “went very well and now we only need to wait,” Giusti said. The actress broke both her hip and a thigh bone, the agent said. It wasn't immediately clear when Loren would be discharged from the hospital. Loren has lived in a Swiss villa near Lake Geneva for decades. Earlier this month, she appeared, looking radiant, with Italian designer Giorgio Armani in Venice at a fashion show held on the sidelines of the city’s annual film festival. She celebrated her 89th birthday last week. She was scheduled to ap...