Sergey Loiko - Justice for Journalists

Sergey Loiko

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: November 20, 2025

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mass Media Defence Centre

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Savelovsky Court of Moscow fined journalist Sergey Loiko 40,000 rubles (approximately €445) in absentia under the law on “foreign agents” (Part 2, Article 19.34 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses). He was found guilty of failing to submit a required report on the activities of a “foreign agent.”

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