Valeria Kichigina

Affiliated media: TV Rain , Journalist

Incident date: January 19, 2026

Attack type:

• Prosecution for dissemination of false information and fakes (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Valeria Kichigina, TV-Rain journalist, is being sued for ‘spreading military fakes' (Art. 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) following her two Telegram posts: one about the Bucha massacre in 2022 and the second about Russia’s war against Georgia in 2008.