Pyotr Verzilov

Affiliated media: Mediazona, Co-founder, Former publisher

Incident date: February 4, 2025

Attack type:

• Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mass Media Defence Centre

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Bailiffs have begun collecting more than 750,000 rubles (8,345 EUR) in debt from the former Mediazona publisher Pyotr Verzilov. These are mainly loan debts and unpaid fines. He was previously sentenced in absentia to eight years and four months in prison under an article on spreading fake news about the Russian army.