Roman Shleynov - Justice for Journalists

Roman Shleynov

Affiliated media: Important Stories, Investigative Editor

Incident date: August 20, 2021

Attack type:

  • Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Roman Shleynov, the Investigative Editor of Important Stories, was included in the «media foreign agents» register. At the same time, the media Important Stories, its editor-in-chief Roman Anin, as well as journalists Irina Dolinina, Alesya Marokhovskaya, Dmitry Velikovsky, and Olesya Shmagun also received such status.

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