Igor Pushkarev

Affiliated media: Znak.com, Former journalist

Incident date: January 25, 2023

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Vecherniye Vedomosti

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg fined Igor Pushkarev, director of the Yekaterinburg History Museum and former Znak.com journalist, RUB 30,000 for an anti-war post on Facebook under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation. Pushkarev was punished for posting the picture «No War!» on his Facebook page on February 24, the day Russia invaded Ukraine. Pushkarev said in court that he did not publish the post and had not maintained the page since last February. Oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin demanded that Pushkarev be fired from the museum.