Maxim Mironov - Justice for Journalists

Maxim Mironov

Affiliated media: Economist, Blogger

Incident date: January 19, 2026

Attack type:

  • Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Russian Ministry of Justice

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Russian Ministry of Justice has added economist and blogger Maxim Mironov to its register of “foreign agents.” The ministry said he had disseminated what it described as unreliable information about the policies of the Russian authorities and had spoken out against the war in Ukraine. Mironov was a co-author of the economic section of Alexei Navalny’s 2018 presidential campaign programme.

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