Alexey Seregin - Justice for Journalists

Alexey Seregin

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: September 29, 2025

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Idel.Realii

Location: Russia, Mari El Republic, Yoshkar-Ola

Additional information:

The Yoshkar-Ola City Court fined journalist Alexei Seregin 30,000 rubles (approximately €321). He was fined under the provision for publishing without the “foreign agent” label (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). The case relates to a VKontakte post on 26 May 2025, in which he reposted a message from the Telegram channel of Alexander Skobov’s support group — Skobov being a political prisoner.

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