Pyotr Kanayev - Justice for Journalists

Pyotr Kanayev

Affiliated media: RBC, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: March 9, 2023

Attack type:

  • Arrest of bank account/ property

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Roskomsvoboda

Location: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Stupinsky District

Additional information:

The bailiff of the Stupinsky District Court of the Main Directorate of the Federal Bailiff Service for the Moscow Region Milena Zhavrova has seized the property of the editor-in-chief of RBC’s united editorial office Pyotr Kanayev. The reason for the property arrest was the failure to pay one of the fines of RUB 5,000 under the article on violation of the rules for marking NGOs-«foreign agents» in the media.

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