Sergey Kustov

Affiliated media: IvanovoNews, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: February 12, 2025

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: 7x7 Horizontal Russia

Location: Russia, Ivanovo Oblast, Ivanovo

Additional information:

Sergey Kustov, editor-in-chief of the pro-war outlet IvanovoNews, was fined 100,000 roubles (€1,060) for “discrediting” the Russian army under Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences. The case stemmed from a November 2024 publication in which the outlet listed the names of 17 soldiers from the Ivanovo region reported missing in the war in Ukraine, with one surname spelled incorrectly. Authorities classified this as the dissemination of “unverified information”.