Dmitry Verbitsky - Justice for Journalists

Dmitry Verbitsky

Affiliated media: PASMI, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: December 3, 2021

Attack type:

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

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 RUB 50,000 respectively. The reason was the publication of one article without marking of «foreign agent» status. PASMI was included in the register of «foreign agents» in April 2021.

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