Natalya Smolyaninova
Affiliated media: RZN.info, Journalist, Former editor-in-chief
Incident date: January 31, 2025
Attack type:
- House arrest
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Mediazona
Location: Russia, Ryazan oblast, Ryazan
Additional information:
The Soviet District Court of Ryazan has placed Natalya Smolyaninova, former editor-in-chief of the RZN.info portal, under house arrest in connection with an extortion case. Local journalist and politician Konstantin Smirnov, along with Alexei Frolov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Ryazan, are also implicated. Smirnov and Frolov have been remanded to a pre-trial detention centre, and their publications have been suspended. The suspects are accused of extorting 1.2 million rubles (approximately €12,787) from Alexei Rogotovsky, the acting head of the Ryazan Capital Repair Fund.