.Authorizations in Russia assigned the anti-war Telegram headlines channel Astra as a "overseas agent" on Friday.Russia's Justice Department accused Astra of dispersing "incorrect information" concerning government plan to advertise a "negative photo" of the Russian armed force." [Astra] resisted the exclusive army function in Ukraine ... The producer and also managing editor of the internet portal live outside Russia," the administrative agency said in a declaration.Alongside Astra, authorizations designated Yabloko opponent politician Nikolai Kavkazsky, political writer Anton Khardin, local activist Artyom Medvedev as well as literary commentator Oleg Lekmanov as "international brokers" on Friday.Russia uses the "overseas solution" tag to target people and also companies they deem opponents of the state. Those hit with the designation are actually needed to provide rigorous economic records to the Justice Administrative agency, and also display screen "foreign broker" please notes in publications and social media posts.Since its own beginning in the first full week of Russia's full-blown attack of Ukraine, Astra, established by reporter Anastasia Chumakova, has stated thoroughly on the problem.The news channel said it would continue its own job in spite of the classification, noting that the "overseas representative" law forbids advertisement purchases to Russians yet performs not ban readers coming from sharing its web content or even creating donations.