# Russia designates Khodorkovsky LIVE, a YouTube news project with over 3.4 million subscribers, a ‘foreign agent’

https://mins.news/en/item/74295

- Meduza, 2026-09-25 16:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: 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

> Russia’s Justice Ministry said on September 25 that it had added Khodorkovsky LIVE, the journalism project founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, to its foreign-agent registry. Journalist Valery Klepkin and art historian Maria Mikaelyan were also added. The project’s YouTube channel has more than 3.4 million subscribers.