Affiliated media: Vid Sboku, Local media outlet

Incident date: January 31, 2025

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Ryazan oblast, Ryazan

Additional information:

The publication announced the suspension of its work after the arrest of editor-in-chief Konstantin Smirnov. He was sent to a pre-trial detention center on suspicion of extorting 1.2 million rubles from Alexei Rogotovsky, the acting head of the Ryazan Capital Repair Fund. The case also involves Alexei Frolov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Ryazan, and journalist Natalya Smolyaninova.