Lev Gershenzon - Justice for Journalists

Lev Gershenzon

Affiliated media: The True Story , Founder

Incident date: September 26, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Cheremushkinsky District Court of Moscow fined Lev Gershenzon for the absence of a «foreign agent» label in four publications in his Telegram channel (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). The amount of the fine is not specified in the ruling. The Ministry of Justice included Gershenzon in the register of «foreign agents» on March 10, 2023.

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