Affiliated media: Echo of Moscow, Radio station

Incident date: October 19, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow fined Echo of Moscow and the editor-in-chief of the radio station’s website Vitaly Ruvinsky for unmarked references to «foreign agents» (Part 2.1 of Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian federation). Echo of Moscow was given 12 fines of RUB 40,000 each (RUB 480,000 in total), while Ruvinsky was given 12 fines of RUB 4,000 each (RUB 48,000 in total).