Affiliated media: Sakhamedia, Media holding

Incident date: March 10, 2025

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk

Additional information:

The Yakutsk City Court issued a warning to the state-owned information and publishing holding company Sakhamedia under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenсes for participating in the activities of an “undesirable organisation.” In January, the holding company's deputy director general, Alexander Sivtsev, was fined 20,000 rubles in a similar administrative case. The reason for both cases was the reposting of a propaganda channel with a “refutation” of information about the killings of civilians in Bucha. The post contained links to materials from Meduza.