Affiliated media: Deutsche Welle (Russian service), Editorial office

Incident date: August 31, 2023

Attack type:

• Fine for non-compliance with the «foreign agents» law in accordance with the Code of Administrative Offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Tagansky District Court of Moscow has fined the German media outlet Deutsche Welle RUN 400,000 under a report on the absence of «foreign agent» labelling in its publications (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). The reason was two videos published on the media outlet’s YouTube channel at the end of February 2023.