Sobesednik - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Sobesednik, Printed edition, Publishing house

Incident date: September 17, 2024

Attack type:

  • Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Lenizdat

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

After being included in the register of «foreign agents», the Sobesednik publishing house suspended the publication of the weekly newpaper Sobesednik and all other print editions (Zholtaya Gazeta. Zazhigay!, Ryzhyy Kot, Bolshiye Babki, etc.) for at least two or three months. The work of all Sobesednik’s websites and publishers in social networks has also been suspended.

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