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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A top Russian human rights lawyer who defended the Anti-Corruption Foundation of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny was added to the Justice Ministry’s list of “foreign agents” on Monday. Ivan Pavlov and four other lawyers were placed on the list, now comprising 93 names, of rights activists, journalists, media outlets and others who the ministry says are receiving foreign funding to carry out political activity. Those listed are subjected to stringent financial reporting requirements and obliged to preface anything they publish with a disclaimer stating they are fo…