Arkady Babchenko - Justice for Journalists

Arkady Babchenko

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: April 7, 2023

Attack type:

  • Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Website of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has declared journalist Arkady Babchenko a «foreign agent» for collecting money for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and disseminating «misleading information about the decisions and policies adopted by public authorities». Babchenko has been put on Rosfinmonitoring’s register of «terrorists» and is wanted in Russia.

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