Pyotr Kanayev - Justice for Journalists

Pyotr Kanayev

Affiliated media: RBC, Head of united editorial office

Incident date: April 16, 2021

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: RIA Novosti

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The head of RBC’s united editorial office Pyotr Kanayev was charged with five reports under the administrative article on abuse of freedom of mass information. «Code of Administrative Offences, Article 13.15, Part. 2.1 — I am summoned to court for quoting foreign agents and mentioning extremist terrorists. Five cases at once», — he wrote.

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