Maria Menshikova - Justice for Journalists

Maria Menshikova

Affiliated media: DOXA, Journalist

Incident date: September 30, 2024

Attack type:

  • Ban on engaging in journalistic activity

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The 2nd Western District Military Court has sentenced DOXA journalist Maria Menshikova to seven years in prison in absentia on charges of justifying terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). She was also given a four-year ban on the administration of Internet resources. The reason for the criminal case were two anti-war posts in VKontakte in July 2022.

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