Affiliated media: Tochka News, Online media

Incident date: January 25, 2024

Attack type:

• Search with a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: 66.ru

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

The editorial office of the media outlet Tochka News was searched in a criminal case on insulting the feelings of believers (Article 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The law enforcers did not seize equipment, but photographed materials from the screens. The reason for the case was last year's publications by the media outlet's editor-in-chief and owner Dmitry Fomintsev in his Telegram channel Herod of the Urals, criticising Metropolitan Yevgeny (Kulberg) of Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursk. Fomintsev is yet in witness status.