Andrey Agapov - Justice for Journalists

Andrey Agapov

Affiliated media: GTRK Karelia, Former journalist

Incident date: May 27, 2025

Attack type:

  • Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD Info

Location: Russia, Republic of Karelia, Republic of Karelia

Additional information:

Former GTRK Karelia journalist Andrey Agapov has been added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of “terrorists and extremists.” Agapov moved to Finland around 15 years ago. In 2022, he began assisting Ukrainian refugees, collecting aid for the Ukrainian military, and maintaining a list of Karelian residents killed in the war using open-source information. In 2023, Russian authorities were notified about his posts on Vkontakte.

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