title: Russia tells two U.S. news outlets they may be affected by new 'foreign agent' law: agencies
text: MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia s Justice Ministry has notified Voice of America and a Russian unit of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that they might be affected by a new  foreign agent  media law, Russian news agencies cited a ministry source as saying on Wednesday. Russia s lower house of parliament gave preliminary approval earlier on Wednesday to a law giving Moscow the power to designate foreign media operating in Russia as  foreign agents  required to disclose where they get their funding and how they spend it.  A Prague-based spokeswoman for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said she was not aware of any such notification. Voice of America did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while calls to their office in Moscow went unanswered. The Justice Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 