Ilya Ber - Justice for Journalists

Ilya Ber

Affiliated media: Provereno Media, Founder, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: November 17, 2023

Attack type:

  • Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has added Ilya Ber, head of the fact-checking project Provereno Media, to the register of «foreign agents». According to the Ministry, while living outside Russia, he spoke out against the war and «disseminated false information» or «spoke negatively» about the Russian authorities and their policies.

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