Affiliated media: VGTRK "Karelia", State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company

Incident date: September 9, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Location: Russia, Republic of Karelia, Petrozavodsk

Additional information:

Roskomnadzor will bring the TV channel to the administrative liability for not adding a «foreign agent» note in a story about the burial of people executed in Sandarmoh. The story referred to the human rights center Memorial, which was designated «foreign agent». An activist filed a complaint in protest against the persecution of independent media outlets under the «foreign agents» law.