Alexey Krivtsov - Justice for Journalists
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Alexey Krivtsov

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: September 25, 2020

Attack type:

  • Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Interfax

Location: Russia, Yaroslavl Oblast, Tutaev

Additional information:

In June, the Tutaev District Court fined journalist Alexey Krivtsov RUB 30,000 30 under the article on fakes (part 9 of Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code of Offences) for a post on the social network that the employees of the district hospital did not receive additional payments for working with COVID-19 patients. On September 25, the Yaroslavl Regional Court overturned this decision, citing procedural violations.

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