Mikhail Rubin

Affiliated media: Project, Co-founder, Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief

Incident date: October 11, 2024

Attack type:

• Fine for non-compliance with the «foreign agents» law in accordance with the Code of Administrative Offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Savelovsky District Court of Moscow fined investigative journalist Mikhail Rubin 40,000 rubles for failing to provide a report on the activities of a “foreign agent” (part 2 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). Mikhail Rubin was declared a “foreign agent" in 2021. This prompted him and his colleague Roman Badanin to leave Russia.