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The importance of judicial diction in the face of autocratisation: Reflections following Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and Others v. Russia

April 21, 2026

by Joseph Finnerty States are increasingly adopting laws which place additional restrictions on civil society and media actors when they receive foreign assistance—financial or otherwise—for their advocacy or reporting activities. So-called ‘foreign agent’ laws are quickly becoming ubiquitous in autocratising contexts (see, most recently, the proposals emerging in Czechia). They vary in scope and in […]