'Call me foreign agent' says Russian anti-war pop star Alla Pugacheva

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Image source, Getty Images One of Russia's most popular singers, Alla Pugacheva, has called on the Russian authorities to declare her a "foreign agent", in solidarity with her strongly anti-war husband Maxim Galkin.
Our correspondent says it will be interesting to see what effect her statement has on Russian public opinion of the Ukraine war - still described by the Kremlin as a "special military operation".
The label "foreign agent" has been applied by the Russian government to various media organisations, campaign groups and individuals openly critical of Kremlin policies.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, President Putin greeted Alla Pugacheva in the Kremlin in December 2014 Pugacheva and Galkin went to Israel in late March, a month after the Russian invasion, and Pugacheva returned to Russia late last month with her children.