Creating outcasts: We asked lawyers if it’s legal for Russian employers to reject ‘foreign agents’

On August 30, iStories journalist Alesya Marokhovskaya wrote on Facebook that the Moscow-based nonprofit Information Culture had uninvited her to work as a mentor at a hackathon. The organization backpedaled on offering Marokhovskaya the gig after the Russian Justice Ministry designated her as a "foreign agent." Information Culture's staff told Marokhovskaya that their lawyers had advised them against signing a contract with a "foreign agent," because it could create risks for the nonprofit organization itself. Meduza asked lawyers and labor law experts to weigh in on whether or not this decision is legal, and whether or not it constitutes discrimination. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/09/01/creating-outcasts