Tatyana Lazareva - Justice for Journalists

Tatyana Lazareva

Affiliated media: TV presenter

Incident date: December 24, 2024

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The prosecutor, during the closing arguments at the 2nd Western District Military Court, requested that TV host Tatyana Lazareva be sentenced in absentia to 6.5 years in a penal colony over comments she made regarding drone attacks on Russia. Lazareva is accused of justifying terrorism online (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code).

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