Sergey Smirnov

Affiliated media: Mediazona, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: July 28, 2022

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Pavel Chikov's Telegram Channel

Location: Russia, Moscow, Москва

Additional information:

The Butyrsky District Court of Moscow fined Sergey Smirnov, editor-in-chief of Mediazona, RUB 10,000 in the case of failure to perform the duties of a "foreign agent" (Part 1 of Article 19.34.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). Smirnov was punished for the absence of the "foreign agent" mention on his Telegram channel and on YouTube.