Posted 1/13/2024, 7:39:00 PM
Russia Labels Putin Critic and Best-Selling Author Boris Akunin a Terrorist Over Ukraine Stance
- Russia designates popular novelist Boris Akunin a "foreign agent" over his opposition to the Ukraine invasion
- Akunin added to register of "terrorists and extremists" by Russia's justice ministry against his objections
- The 67-year-old is known for longstanding criticism of President Putin, even as his detective novels were once best-sellers
- Ministry says Akunin "disseminated false information" aimed at creating negative image of Russia's military
- Akunin, who lives in London, responds "Terrorists declared me a terrorist"