Sergey Smirnov - Justice for Journalists

Sergey Smirnov

Affiliated media: Mediazona , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: May 24, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel of Pavel Chikov

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Roskomnadzor drew up a report against the editor-in-chief of Mediazona for failing to mark the posts as a foreign agent. Seven posts on the Telegram channel and four videos on the YouTube channel served as grounds. The case under Part 1 of Article 19.34.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation was sent to court. Smirnov faces a fine of RUB 10,000.

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