Boris Kagarlitsky - Justice for Journalists

Boris Kagarlitsky

Affiliated media: Rabkor, Editor-in-chief, Sociologist, Publicist

Incident date: February 13, 2024

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BBC

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Military Court of Appeal reviewed the verdict of Boris Kagarlitsky and sentenced him to five years in a general regime colony in the case of justification of terrorism. Kagarlitsky was taken into custody in the courtroom. In December, the Second Western District Military Court fined Kagarlitsky to RUB 600,000 and banned him from administering websites for two years.

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