Alexander Romanenkov

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Real Journalism, Journalist

Incident date: July 4, 2023

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel Vecherniye Vedomosti

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

Journalist Alexander Romanenkov, known as the host of the blog Real Journalism, was fined RUB 45,000 under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (discrediting the use of the Russian army). Such a decision was made by judge Lada Nikitina of the Verkh-Isetsky District Court. He was prosecuted for a video he shot on a bus: Romanenkov commented on a poster with the letter Z and the inscription «We do not abandon our own». The video was published in the Ukrainian Telegram channel Trukha.