Dmitry Verbitsky - Justice for Journalists

Dmitry Verbitsky

Affiliated media: PASMI, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: December 3, 2021

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Readovka

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Ostankinsky District Court of Moscow fined PASMI and its editor-in-chief Dmitry Verbitsky RUB 500,000 and 50,000 respectively. The reason was the publication of one article without marking of a «foreign agent» status. PASMI was included in the register of «foreign agents» in April 2021.

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