Yevgenia Albats - Justice for Journalists

Yevgenia Albats

Affiliated media: The New Times, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: February 5, 2024

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: TASS

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined journalist Yevgenia Albats RUB 40,000 for violating the rules of activity of a foreign agent. The reason was the lack of marking. The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation included Albats in the register of «media foreign agents» in July 2022. In September of the same year, the journalist left Russia.

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