Natalya Baranova

Affiliated media: Journalist, Activist

Incident date: October 16, 2024

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Kirov Oblast, Kirov

Additional information:

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put journalist and feminist activist Natallia Baranova on the wanted list. The criminal case against her was probably initiated for violation of the law on «foreign agents» (Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The Ministry of Justice added the journalist to the register of «foreign agents» in May 2022. In May 2022, the Ministry of Justice included Baranova in the register of «foreign agents». At that time, she was working at Teplitsa Technologies for Social Good. Since then, Baranova has been convicted at least four times in administrative cases for violating the procedure for «foreign agent» activities (Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation).