Mark Solonin - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: YouTube channel “Mark Solonin”, Historian, Commentator

Incident date: August 15, 2025

Attack type:

Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Russian Ministry of Justice has added historian and video blogger Mark Solonin to its register of “foreign agents.” According to the Ministry of Justice, Solonin spread “false information” about the decisions and policies of the authorities, spoke out against military action in Ukraine, and spread “unreliable information aimed at creating a negative image” of the Russian army.

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