Sergey Aslanyan - Justice for Journalists

Sergey Aslanyan

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Zhivoy Gvozd, Host

Incident date: February 10, 2023

Attack type:

  • Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Website of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has declared former journalist of Echo of Moscow and current host of the YouTube channel Zhivoy Gvozd Sergey Aslanyan a «foreign agent». The reason for adding him to the register was that he had spoken out against the war in Ukraine and allegedly «disseminated unreliable information about the activities of government bodies».

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