‘Russkiy Mir’ and ‘Pravfond’ were the most significant state sources of funding for legal foreign agencies in Europe and North America right up until sanctions were imposed on them. It must be assumed that they retained their position even after that; it is simply that their methods of communication and funding became more complex and ceased to be transparent. 
However, in addition to these, many state-affiliated ‘non-profit organisations’—referred to as foundations and engaged in international activities of a similar nature—have emerged in Russia during the Putin era. The lack of publicly available data on their international activities does not in any way imply that such activities do not exist or are limited in scope. Rather, it points to their secretive nature. 

In 2003, the Yuri Dolgorukov Moscow Foundation for International Cooperation was established. Its director since 2011 has been Oleg Voldemarovich Sanin; the chairman of the Foundation’s board is Georgy Lvovich Muradov, a former ambassador to Cyprus (2000–2006), from 2010 to 2014 he served as deputy head of Rossotrudnichestvo; since 2014, he has been deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of the occupied Crimea and Crimea’s permanent representative to the President of the Russian Federation; he is also president of the Association of Friendship Societies with Greece and Cyprus and a member of numerous other similar organisations. . Muradov, with his most intriguing biography, is one of the key figures in the work with influence networks in the Mediterranean region. 
In 2004, the foundation established the Yuri Dolgoruky International Literary Prize, which is awarded to writers from the countries of the former USSR who write in Russian. Initially, it was intended for authors from Ukraine, but was later extended to the Baltic states and others. The prize is worth 2,500 US dollars.  In particular, in 2013, authors from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were honoured;  in 2009, authors from Moldova and Transnistria;  and in 2010, authors from Georgia and Azerbaijan.  One can well imagine how many foreign writers from the former USSR were identified and screened for potential recruitment by the foundation’s staff during the preparations for the award ceremony. Moreover, there was no need to go looking for them. As stated in the call for entries for the Dolgorukov Prize on the website of the Russian Cultural Centre in Vilnius: ‘In Lithuania, books bearing the author’s contact details (telephone number or email address) must be delivered to the Russian Cultural Centre in Vilnius (4/2 Bokšto Street) by 1 December 2014.’ 
The awarding of literary prizes, as well as the funding of literary anthologies and conferences, is an extremely reliable way of bringing literary associations in various countries under control, securing their loyalty and, at the very least, ensuring they refrain from political statements. Writers and poets are generally keen to see collective anthologies published, as these are relatively inexpensive to produce but would be beyond the means of the authors themselves. Furthermore, people from a wide variety of professions are involved in creative writing. Among them may be professional journalists, academics and students – groups of people who are of interest to the security services for recruitment purposes.