Vot Tak - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Vot Tak, Online media

Incident date: January 26, 2024

Attack type:

Labelling media/individuals as foreign agents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation added the media outlet Vot Tak (a project of the Polish TV channel Belsat) to the register of foreign agents. The Ministry said in a statement that the media outlet spread fakes about the actions of the Russian authorities and opposed the «special military operation».

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