Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty , News outlet

Incident date: August 28, 2020

Attack type:

Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Interfax

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Magistrates' Court of the Tverskoy District fined Radio Liberty 300 thousand rubles (3980 USD) under the administrative article on fakes for an interview with an anonymous resuscitator on April 11 about disconnecting COVID-19 infected people with from ventilators. The author of the article, Tatiana Voltskaya, acted as a witness. Earlier, a check was conducted against the journalist for a criminal case.

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