Aleksandr Prokhanov - Justice for Journalists

Aleksandr Prokhanov

Affiliated media: 'Zavtra' (Tomorrow), Editor-in-Chief

Incident date: January 16, 2024

Attack type:

  • Fine for non-compliance with the «foreign agents» law in accordance with the Code of Administrative Offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Москва

Additional information:

Aleksandr Prokhanov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Zavtra (Tomorrow), was fined four thousand rubles by the Moscow Khamovnichesky District Court for mentioning the Carnegie Foundation without labelling it a “foreign agent" in the 28th November 2023 edition of the publication. Prokhanov was found guilty under part 2.1 of Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code. There are 11 analogous administrative cases against Prokhanov in the Khamovnichesky Court database.

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