Alexander Baunov - Justice for Journalists

Alexander Baunov

Affiliated media: carnegie.ru, Editor-in-chief, Journalist

Incident date: December 22, 2023

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:

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has added publicist Alexander Baunov to the register of «foreign agents». The Ministry said in a statement that Baunov «participated as a respondent on information platforms provided by foreign agents and foreign media», spoke against the «special military operation» and «disseminated inaccurate information aimed at forming a negative image of Russia» and its military.

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