In 2021, she made countering domestic violence the central plank of her ultimately unsuccessful bid to join the State Duma. One of Russia's most ardent rights campaigners, Ms Popova has fought for years to lobby Russian lawmakers to adopt legislation to protect women from domestic violence. Mr Glukhovsky, the author of the 2002 post-apocalyptic novel Metro 2033 who is believed to be abroad, has also hit out at Russia's war in Ukraine. The rapper, whose lyrics are often political, has previously attended rallies in support of jailed Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny. The term implies additional government scrutiny. Russian law allows organisations and individuals deemed to be involved in political activity that receive funding from abroad to be declared foreign agents. In August, authorities said they were investigating the rapper's work under Russia's anti-extremism laws, which have been expanded several times to cover a broadening spectrum of dissenting speech. He cancelled a sold-out Russian tour shortly after Moscow's troops rolled into Ukraine on 24 February, and organised benefit concerts in Western Europe and Turkey, with proceeds going to Ukrainian refugees. Oxxxymiron has called the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine "a catastrophe" and publicly called for the creation of an anti-war movement. Oxxxymiron, a dual Russian-British national whose real name is Miron Fyodorov, was added to the justice ministry's "foreign agent" list alongside Dmitry Glukhovsky, a veteran science-fiction writer, and Alyona Popova, a prominent feminist and one-time face of Russia's campaign for a domestic violence law. A chart-topping Russian rapper has been designated a "foreign agent" by his government.
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