Mikhail Kozyrev - Justice for Journalists

Mikhail Kozyrev

Affiliated media: TV Rain, Journalist

Incident date: July 21, 2023

Attack type:

  • Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has declared the journalist of TV Rain Mikhail Kozyrev a «foreign agent». The Ministry of Justice believes that the journalist opposed the war in Ukraine, the law banning «LGBT propaganda» among children, and also «carried out activities to promote LGBT relations that contradict the state policy to preserve and strengthen traditional Russian spiritual and moral values».

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