Yanina Sokolova - Justice for Journalists

Yanina Sokolova

Affiliated media: NTA TV channel (Ukraine), YouTube channel Evening with Yanina Sokolova, Journalist, Presenter

Incident date: October 14, 2024

Attack type:

Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has sentenced Ukrainian TV presenter Yanina Sokolova in absentia to eight years in prison. The journalist was tried under the article on incitement of interethnic hatred, and there were two episodes in the case (Paragraph A of Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

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