OBS_VALUE: To obtain a broadcasting license, legal entity must be incorporated in the RF (https://rkn.gov.ru/mass-communications/license/p156/#2). However, the law establishes that obtaining a broadcasting license is not required if the distribution of a TV channel or radio channel is carried out unchanged under an agreement with a broadcaster holding a license to broadcast. Pursuant to amendments introduced in 2020 to the Mass Media Law, foreign legal entity that disseminates information and materials (including via Internet) by audio or audiovisual means while receiving financing from a foreign State, State bodies, international organizations or foreign citizens, could be recognized as a foreign mass media performing the functions of a foreign agent. Such foreign mass media could disseminate information and materials only through locally incorporated legal entity and only with a special note indicating that such information has been created and disseminated by a foreign agent. If the respective mass media does not comply with legal requirements, its transmissions shall be blocked in the RF. See also: RF Government's Ruling On interaction of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications with a foreign mass media performing the functions of a foreign agent, or a Russian legal entity established by him, as well as on the procedure for limiting and renewing access to the information resource of the relevant person and informing citizens (individuals) about such a restriction, № 990, adopted on 06 July 2020, http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202007080013