Ksenia Sobchak

Affiliated media: Telegram channel Ostorozhno Novosti, YouTube channel Ostorozhno Sobchak, Journalist

Incident date: September 12, 2022

Attack type:

• Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Meduza

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

According to a source of RIA Novosti, the Moscow police are checking one of journalist Ksenia Sobchak’s channels for «gay propaganda» (Article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). On September 7, an unnamed citizen filed a corresponding complaint with the police. «The man asked to check the publications on the channel of journalist Ksenia Sobchak for LGBT propaganda among minors. The police are conducting a check». Sobchak said in her Telegram channel that the police are allegedly checking her YouTube channel, which published an interview with tennis player Darya Kasatkina, who recently came out.