Caucasian Knot - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Caucasian Knot, Online media outlet

Incident date: January 13, 2022

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Official Portal of the Courts of General Jurisdiction of Moscow

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Ostankinsky District Court of Moscow fined Caucasian Knot RUB 500,000 due to the lack of «foreign agent» marking. The media outlet was found guilty of violating the procedure for the activities of a foreign media outlet acting as a «foreign agent» (Part 1 of Article 19.34.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation) because of the material «Slavery in the North Caucasus» and a Twitter post without marking.

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