Yelena Ivanova - Justice for Journalists

Yelena Ivanova

Affiliated media: Svobodnye Novosti, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: March 11, 2024

Attack type:

  • Fine for non-compliance with the «foreign agents» law in accordance with the Code of Administrative Offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Svobodnye Novosti

Location: Russia, Saratov Oblast, Saratov

Additional information:

The Kirovsky District Court of Saratov fined the editor-in-chief of Svobodnye Novosti Yelena Ivanova RUB 4,000 for mentioning journalist Dmitry Muratov without marking him a «foreign agent» (Part 2.1 of Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). The founder of the media outlet, the publishing house Energiya, was fined RUB 40,000 in the same case. The decision on the first case was made on February 21, on the second case — on March 7.

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