Svobodnye Media - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Svobodnye Media, Publisher of ProUfu.ru

Incident date: April 27, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: News agency Bashinform.ru

Location: Russia, Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa

Additional information:

The Leninsky District Court of Ufa imposed fines on the editor-in-chief of the online media outlet ProUfu.ru Aigul Musina and the editorial office of Svobodnye Media (publisher of ProUfu.ru) — a total of RUB 44,000 rubles for violation of Article 4 of the Law of the Russian Federation «On Mass Media» (inadmissibility of abuse of freedom of mass information). The reason for the administrative cases was a negative publication about Alexander Sidyakin, Head of the Administration of the Head of the Republic of Belarus.

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