Ilya Andreyev

Affiliated media: Silver Rain, Former radio presenter

Incident date: May 24, 2024

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has fined Ilya Andreyev, a former presenter of the Silver Rain radio station, RUB 2,000 under the report on the demonstration of «extremist symbols». The court ruling says that on January 16, an employee of the Centre for Combating Extremism found a post on the radio presenter’s Instagram page with the image of symbols of the «extremist LGBT organisation» — a rainbow flag. The video with the flag, shot in Spain, was published by Andreyev on January 5.