Dmitry Muratov

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: November 17, 2021

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Radio Svoboda

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow fined Novaya Gazeta and its editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov for mentioning foreign agents without proper marking. Three reports were drawn up agains Muratov, and three more reports were drawn up against the media outlet itself. According to Mediazona, Muratov was fined RUB 12,000 and the newspaper was fined RUB 120,000. Novaya Gazeta's legal service told the Telegram channel ChTD that the reports were drawn up because of the publications about Anti-Corruption Foundation and the Doctors' Alliance, and the editorial office was not notified of the hearings.