‘My clients are the target’: Exiled human rights lawyer Ivan Pavlov talks to Meduza about being declared a ‘foreign agent’

Russia's Justice Ministry added five more names to its registry of "media foreign agents" on Monday, November 8. These latest additions are all former members of Team 29, a legal association that disbanded in July 2021, but was once known for tackling Russia's most difficult treason and espionage cases. Team 29's founder and former head, prominent lawyer Ivan Pavlov, was designated as a "foreign agent," along with attorney Valerya Vetoshkina (who represented Alexey Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation), lawyer Maxim Olenichev, former SMM editor Elena Skvortsova, and the former head of the group's media department, Maxim Zagovora. Speaking to Meduza, Ivan Pavlov shares what he thinks about his new status. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/11/09/my-clients-are-the-target