Ivan Safronov - Justice for Journalists

Ivan Safronov

Affiliated media: Kommersant, Former correspondent

Incident date: September 5, 2022

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Moscow City Court sentenced former Kommersant correspondent Ivan Safronov to 22 years in a strict regime colony in the case of treason. The prosecutor's office asked for 24 years in prison. According to the Federal Security Service version, Safronov passed secret data to his Czech friend Martin Larish, who cooperated with his country's intelligence service, and to the Russian-German political analyst Demuri Voronin. The media Proekt proved that the information, the disclosure of which Voronin is accused of disclosing, can be found in open sources.

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