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Foreign-funded media outlets that refuse to register as foreign agents under legislation drafted by Russian lawmakers will be ejected from the country, a senior legislator says.

State Duma deputy speaker Pyotr Tolstoi described the draft legislation to the Interfax news agency on November 14, a day after state-funded Russian channel RT announced that it had registered under the U.S. foreign agent law.

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