Pyotr Verzilov - Justice for Journalists

Pyotr Verzilov

Affiliated media: Mediazona , Publisher

Incident date: March 27, 2023

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Moscow Times

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Moscow's Basmanny District Court arrested in absentia Mediazona publisher Pyotr Verzilov. He is charged under Paragraph (d), Article 207.3.2 of the Russian Criminal Code (public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces). Verzilov is prosecuted for two tweets and two posts on Instagram about the Bucha massacre.

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