TV channel and media holding of the same name, founded in 2010. In January 2014, it was disconnected by most cable and satellite operators due to the scandal surrounding the poll about the blockade of Leningrad. Now the channel’s programs are available in the official app and on the website by subscription, as well as on YouTube. Almost 2/3 of the airtime TV Rain broadcasts live. The channel broadly covered protest actions in Russia, Belarus, events related to the Bolotnaya case, the trials of Pussy Riot and Alexei Navalny.

Name
TV Rain Ltd.
Field of activity
Media
Status
«Foreign agent» (media)
Reason for recognition
Reason for such decision was Mass Media Law pt 7, s 6. This rule allows to declare MM-foreign agent those, who recieves funding from overseas, while distributing the information from the MM-foreign agents that are already included into the registry.
Year of recognition
2021
Status description
Since 2017, the register of «foreign agents» (media) includes those legal entities who, according to the Russian government: a) receive money or property from foreign sources, b) distribute printed, audio, audiovisual and other messages and materials intended for an unlimited range of persons. Distribution includes not only the publication of the original post but also the repost. Who recognizes: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Responsibilities: Media foreign agents must indicate in all their materials their status as a «foreign agent» using special marking, conduct a mandatory audit and submit its results to the Ministry of Justice along with data on the organization’s personnel and a report on its activities. Every six months, media outlets included in this register are obliged to publicly post this report on the Internet or provide it to Russian media for publication. If the media does not have a Russian legal entity, then it must register it in Russia, after which this legal entity receives the status of an NPO-foreign agent. Administrative liability: Spreading in the media and on the Internet information about a media-foreign agent or publication of materials produced by him without indicating his status — a fine of up to 50 thousand rubles (part 2.4 of article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Violation of the procedure for the activities of a media foreign agent after entering it in the register of foreign agents — a fine of up to 500 thousand rubles (article 19.34.1. of the Code of Administrative Offences). An increase in the amount of the fine for a repeated violation is envisaged. A gross violation is punishable by a fine of up to five million rubles. Criminal liability: If the foreign media agent does not fulfill the obligations required by the law and has previously been held administratively liable because of this, a fine of up to 300 thousand rubles or imprisonment for up to two years (part 2 of article 330.1 of the Criminal Code).