Oleg Orlov, co-founder of the NGO Memorial, was placed this Friday, February 2 by Moscow on the blacklist of “foreign agents” According to the Russian Justice Ministry, Orlov opposed the Russian invasion of Ukraine, leaked false information about the government and wrote messages for foreign agents. Orlov is also the subject of legal proceedings for having “discredited” the Russian army, under one of the new laws used by the Russian government to silence dissident voices since the start of its offensive in Ukraine.