Ex-prime minister who became Putin foe added to Russia’s ‘foreign agent’ list

Mikhail Kasyanov (Alamy/PA)

Russia’s Justice Ministry has added Mikhail Kasyanov, who was President Vladimir Putin’s first prime minister but then became one of his opponents, to its register of “foreign agents”.

Russian law allows for figures and organisations receiving money or support from outside the country to be designated as foreign agents, a term whose pejorative connotations could undermine the designee’s credibility.