Andrey Novashov

Affiliated media: Siberia.Realities, Taiga.Info, Journalist

Incident date: March 23, 2022

Attack type:

• community service, ban on certain activities and other punishment following a criminal case

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Siberia.Realities

Location: Russia, Kemerovo Oblast, Kemerovo

Additional information:

Kemerovo court chose a preventive measure for journalist Andrey Novashov, who cooperated with the websites Siberia.Realities and Taiga.Info. He was put under a ban on certain actions for the duration of the investigation. The journalist was charged with a violation of the criminal article on spreading false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) for reposting the article of another journalist. «There are only three bans — to use the Internet, make phone calls and have conversations and attend public events. Andrey can meet in person and talk, as well as just leave the house. I can’t say when the next interrogation will take place, because I am also under a non-disclosure undertaking», — said lawyer Maria Yankina. On April 25, the journalist was also forbidden to communicate with journalists of Siberia.Realities and Taiga.Info.