Nikita Sokolov

Affiliated media: Historian, Publicist

Incident date: February 2, 2024

Attack type:

• Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federationво юстиции Российской Федерации

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has added historian and publicist Nikita Sokolov, former deputy director of the Yeltsin Centre for Science, to the register of «foreign agents». Like other people on the list, he was accused of spreading fakes about the actions of the Russian authorities and speaking out against the invasion of Ukraine.