Tatyana Lazareva

Affiliated media: TV presenter

Incident date: July 16, 2025

Attack type:

• arrest in absentia

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: MMDC

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow has approved the arrest in absentia of TV presenter Tatyana Lazareva on charges of evading the obligations of a “foreign agent” (Article 330.1, Part 2 of the Criminal Code). Lazareva was added to the “foreign agents” register in the summer of 2022, with Ukraine listed as her source of funding. She does not reside in Russia. In June 2024, the Ministry of Internal Affairs placed her on the wanted list, and in December 2024, a court sentenced her in absentia to six and a half years in prison for “justifying terrorism” (Article 205.2, Part 2). The case stemmed from her interview with the YouTube channel "And Then Graham Came".