Yekaterina Sergeycheva

Affiliated media: Lenizdat.ru, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: June 3, 2022

Attack type:

• Prosecution for dissemination of false information and fakes (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Lenizdat

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint-Petersburg

Additional information:

Roskomnadzor drew up reports on the media Lenizdat.ru for the distribution of «fake» information (Part 9 of Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation): under one report, the editor-in-chief Yekaterina Sergeycheva faces a fine of up to RUB 200,000; under another report, LLC MEDIA.S-Pb may be fined up to RUB 500,000. The protocols were drawn up because of the publication in which the media and journalists’ responses to the beginning of the war with Ukraine were collected. The material was published on February 24, and on February 26, the editorial board removed it at the demand of Roskomnadzor.