Echo of Moscow - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Echo of Moscow, Editorial office

Incident date: November 27, 2021

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Meduza

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow fined Echo of Moscow RUB 160,000 for mentioning organisations and media outlets declared «foreign agents» on the radio station’s website without the appropriate markings. The radio station was issued four reports under Parts 2.1 and 2.4 of Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation. The editor-in-chief of the website of Echo of Moscow Vitaly Ruvinsky was also fined four times under the same administrative articles.

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