Kirill Martynov - Justice for Journalists

Kirill Martynov

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta Europe, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: September 19, 2024

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: TASS

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe Kirill Martynov for running an «undesirable organisation» (Part 3 of Article 281.4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The journalist is abroad. The Prosecutor General’s Office declared Novaya Gazeta Europe an «undesirable organisation» in June 2023.

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