Troitsky Variant - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Troitsky Variant, Popular science newspaper, Online media

Incident date: March 24, 2022

Attack type:

  • Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation declared the founder of the popular science newspaper Troitsky Variant — Science a «foreign agent». The newspaper opposed the closure of Memorial and published an open anti-war letter by scientists, for which the newspaper’s website was blocked.

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