Katerina Mayakovskaya

Affiliated media: Idel.Realities, Journalist

Incident date: April 8, 2022

Attack type:

Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

Location: Russia, Samara Oblast, Samara

Additional information:

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation included Mayakovskaya in the register of «media foreign agents». Journalists Andrey Filimonov and Irina Tumakova, publicist Mark Feygin, rapper Face, and former associate professor at the Higher School of Economics Dmitry Dubrovsky were declared «foreign agents» along with her.

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