Aug 19 (Reuters) - Former Kremlin economic adviser Andrei Illarionov was added to a registry of foreign agents, Russia's Justice Ministry said late on Friday, a designation the government applies to opponents. Illarionov, who resigned from the Kremlin in 2005 and moved to the United States, is critical of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and has called Russian policies of recent years "a catastrophe". The Russian Justice Ministry said that Illarionov "spread false information" about Russian authorities and their decisions. Illarionov did not immediately comment on the designation. Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova in New York; Editing by Cynthia OstermanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Persons: Andrei Illarionov, Illarionov, Maria Tsvetkova, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Russia's, Ministry, Kremlin, Russian, Thomson Locations: Kremlin, United States, Ukraine, New York