Ilya Kosygin

Affiliated media: Dovod, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: October 20, 2023

Attack type:

• Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

Location: Russia, Vladimir Oblast, Vladimir

Additional information:

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has added the editor-in-chief of the Vladimir-based media outlet Dovod Ilya Kosygin to the register of «foreign agents». According to the Ministry, Kosygin took part in the distribution of materials of «foreign agents» and spread fakes about the policies of the Russian authorities. The media outlet itself was included in the register in August 2023. Kosygin and other journalists of Dovod left Russia in 2022, after a series of searches and blocking of the online media outlet.