Anastasia Golubeva

Affiliated media: BBC Russian Service, Journalist

Incident date: February 7, 2025

Attack type:

Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Russian Ministry of Justice has added Anastasia Golubeva, a journalist for the BBC Russian Service, to the register of foreign agents. According to the Ministry of Justice, she “disseminated inaccurate information” about the decisions of the Russian authorities and “inaccurate information aimed at creating a negative image” of the Russian army, as well as “cooperating with foreign media.

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