Andrey Pertsev - Justice for Journalists

Andrey Pertsev

Affiliated media: Meduza, Special correspondent

Incident date: November 2, 2024

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Simonovsky Prosecutor’s Office of Moscow has drawn up a report on participation in an «undesirable organisation» (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation) against Meduza special correspondent Andrey Pertsev. In addition to Meduza, Pertsev’s articles are published on the websites of the Carnegie Centre Berlin and Riddle. Since the beginning of 2024, 10 reports under the above-mentioned administrative article have been drawn up against the employees and authors of Meduza, and another 15 cases have been initiated for links to this media outlet.

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