Rovshan Askerov

Affiliated media: Journalist, Participant of the program «What? Where? When?»

Incident date: August 23, 2023

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Savelovsky District Court of Moscow has received a case against journalist and former «What? Where? When?» player Rovshan Askerov for absence of the «foreign agent» label (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). The hearing on the case will be held on September 26. In early August, Askerov was charged with failure to submit a report on the activities of a «foreign agent» to the Ministry of Justice (Part 2 of Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). The hearing on this case will be held at the end of August.