Lutfiye Zudiyeva

Affiliated media: Crimean Solidarity , Journalist

Incident date: September 16, 2025

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Graty

Location: Republic of Crimea, Dzhankoi

Additional information:

Lutfiye Zudiyeva, Graty journalist and human rights activist, received 30’000 roubles fine (~EUR 330), for violating Russia’s foreign agents law. The court claimed that Zudiyeva had intentions to conduct “foreign agent activity” and had failed to notify the authorities about this to be entered in the register. The journalist plans to appeal the ruling. The case was tried by Russian-appointed judge Elena Nikolaeva. As per Graty, the administrative offense protocol alleging that Zudiyeva was involved in “foreign agent” activity despite not being in the register was drawn up on 27 August by the Crimean department of the Russian Ministry of Justice on the grounds of Part 1 of Art. 19.34 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.