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Florida Broadcaster Deemed a Russian Foreign Agent

by Associated Press

   MIAMI --

   A federal judge has ruled a Florida-based broadcasting company that
   provides Russian programs to a Washington radio station must register
   as an agent of a foreign government.

   The Justice Department said in a news release Tuesday that RM
   Broadcasting of Jupiter, Florida, was essentially providing publicity
   for Russia through an agreement with state-run Rossiya Segodnya. That
   entity's "Sputnik" program is broadcast all day on WZHF-AM in the
   Washington area.

   RM Broadcasting had asked Florida U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg
   to rule it's not required to register as a foreign agent, but she sided
   with the Justice Department. Attorneys for the company didn't
   immediately respond to emails seeking comment.

   Officials say this was the first civil enforcement since 1991 of the
   Foreign Agents Registration Act.