Leonid Spirin

Affiliated media: Groza, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: December 4, 2023

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Groza

Location: Russia, Samara Oblast, Tolyatti

Additional information:

The Tsentralny District Court of Tolyatti fined the editor-in-chief of the student media outlet Groza Leonid Spirin RUB 30,000 under the article on «discrediting» the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). The case was opened on the basis of materials received from the Department of the Federal Security Service of Tatarstan. The report mentions four anti-war publications of Groza on VKontakte, including a text about the new Minister of Youth Affairs of Tatarstan.