Nikita Mogutin - Justice for Journalists

Nikita Mogutin

Affiliated media: Baza Telegram channel, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: August 16, 2021

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Fontanka.ru

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Savyolovsky District Court of Moscow fined journalist Nikita Mogutin RUB 180,000 for «participation in an unauthorized event». Mogutin himself insisted that he performed his professional duties at the April action and even released a video. «For "participation" in the rally, which, of course, I did not participate in, but at which I worked as a journalist», — was how he justified the reason for the fine on his Telegram channel.

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