Pyotr Kanayev

Affiliated media: RBC, Head of the joint editorial office

Incident date: November 16, 2021

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: RIA Novosti

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Kanayev was summoned to court for the consideration of five reports under the article on abuse of freedom of mass information (Part 2.1 of Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation) for the lack of marking when mentioning «foreign agents» and organisations declared terrorist and extremist in Russia. This refers, in particular, to the Taliban.