Novaya Gazeta - Justice for Journalists
covid-19

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta , Newspaper and online publication

Incident date: August 17, 2020

Attack type:

  • Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Novaya Gazeta

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Court fined Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov 60,000 RUB (811 USD) and the publication Novaya Gazeta - 200,000 RUB (2704 USD) on charges of spreading fake information (part 9 of Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code). The reason is Valery Shiryaev's article about quarantine on the nuclear submarines named Voronezh and Smolensk.

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