Svetlana Prokopyeva

Affiliated media: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Journalist

Incident date: July 6, 2020

Attack type:

community service, ban on certain activities and other punishment following a criminal case
Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Pskov Oblast, Pskov

Additional information:

Svetlana Prokopyeva was given a 500,000 RUB (6,805 USD) fine by a military court, charging her as guilty in the public justification of terrorism. The state attorney demanded a six-year sentence with a four-year journalism ban. The journalist was sued for a statement that she made in the “Echo of Moscow in Prkov” interview regarding bombing at the Arkhangelsk FSB office.

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