{
  "id": 9791145,
  "title": "Russia’s Justice Ministry designates Khodorkovsky Live, a YouTube news project with over 3.4 million subscribers, a ‘foreign agent’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/russias-justice-ministry-designates-khodorkovsky-live-a-youtube-news",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T16:45:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/25/russia-s-justice-ministry-designates-khodorkovsky-live-a-youtube-news-project-with-over-3-4-million-subscribers-a-foreign-agent"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 25, Russia's Justice Ministry classified the Khodorkovsky LIVE YouTube news project as a \"foreign agent,\" according to an official announcement. The ministry also added journalist Valery Klepkin and art historian Maria Mikaelyan to its registry of \"foreign agents.\" Khodorkovsky LIVE, founded by former Yukos Oil Company executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky, is a journalism venture with over 3.4 million subscribers on its YouTube channel. The project's transparency is upheld by Meduza's commitment to using artificial intelligence in the newsroom, with the story being written by a human journalist and translated from Russian using an AI model. Each draft undergoes a review by a Meduza editor before publication. Should any errors be found in this translation, readers can contact reports@meduza.io for corrections.",
  "summary": "Russia’s Justice Ministry designated Khodorkovsky LIVE a “foreign agent,” according to an announcement posted on the ministry’s website on September 25.",
  "key_points": [
    "Russia's Justice Ministry classified Khodorkovsky LIVE as a 'foreign agent' on September 25.",
    "Khodorkovsky LIVE has over 3.4 million subscribers on its YouTube channel.",
    "Valery Klepkin and Maria Mikaelyan were also added to Russia's registry of foreign agents."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}