MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday designated the Bellingcat investigative news outlet a foreign agent along with nine people who work for Russian language news outlets or non-governmental organisations. The designations, which targeted one employee of the BBC s Russian service, are the latest twist in a crackdown on media outlets that the authorities in Moscow see as hostile and foreign-backed. The outlets and Western governments say the campaign is designed to hamper their work and muffle dissent, something the Kremlin denies. The foreign agent designation has Cold War-era connotations and requires designees to prominently indicate in all their content that they are foreign agents , something which hurts advertising revenue. It also imposes burdensome financial reporting requirements. The Ministry of Justice said in a statement it had added three companies to its foreign agent registry, including Dutch-registered entity Stichting Bellingcat. Nine individuals were also named, includi