Yaroslav Varenik

Affiliated media: 29.ru , Journalist

Incident date: March 11, 2020

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences
• Court trial
• Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Open Media

Location: Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Arkhangelsk

Additional information:

The court found the journalist of the Arkhangelsk-based media 29.ru Yaroslav Varenik guilty of inciting hatred and hostility and fined him RUB 10,000 for a material he wrote about a similar fine issued to the local resident.