Dmitry Kolezev - Justice for Journalists

Dmitry Kolezev

Affiliated media: Republic, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: November 9, 2022

Attack type:

  • Prosecution for dissemination of false information and fakes (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation put Republic editor-in-chief Dmitry Kolezev on a federal wanted list. According to Russian media, he is charged with an article on military «fakes» (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) because of an Instagram post about the murders in Bucha. According to Kolezev, some time ago, acquaintances from Russia warned him that the Federal Security Service was ordering expertise on some of his publications.

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