Sarkis Darbinyan

Affiliated media: Roskomsvoboda, Co-founder, Media lawyer

Incident date: December 22, 2023

Attack type:

• Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has added the co-founder of the project Roskomsvoboda Sarkis Darbinyan to the register of «foreign agents». The ministry said in a statement that Darbinyan «opposed the special military operation in Ukraine, disseminated inaccurate information about the decisions taken by the public authorities of the Russian Federation and the policy pursued by them», as well as «is a co-founder of a public organisation included in the register of foreign agents, holds the position of general adviser in an organisation registered in a foreign state».