Olesya Shmagun

Affiliated media: Important Stories, Investigative journalist

Incident date: November 2, 2023

Attack type:

• Fine for non-compliance with the «foreign agents» law in accordance with the Code of Administrative Offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Tushino District Court of Moscow fined Olesya Shmagun RUB 40,000 for failure to submit a report on the activities of a «foreign agent» (Part 2 of Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). Shmagun was included in the register of «foreign agents» in August 2021, when she worked for the media outlet Important Stories.