Yaroslavl journalist was fined under the article on the activities of an undesirable organization

In Yaroslavl, the justice of the peace of court district No. 4 imposed a fine of 5,000 rubles on a journalist from the online magazine 7x7, the newspaper reports .

An employee of the Center “E” found in the VKontakte group “Open Russia. Yaroslavl, contacts of Daniil Kuznetsov, opened an administrative case in November. On December 6, Kuznetsov was found guilty of activities of an undesirable organization (p. 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) based on this contact and the testimony of the group's founder, Dmitry Alipyev, and activist Artyom Kolotoshin, who is serving a sentence. According to the investigation, Alipyev and Kolotoshin stated that Kuznetsov “called himself an oppositionist” and was “responsible for posting content in the group.”

Daniil Kuznetsov suggested that in the penal colony, Alipyev could be pressured when he testified.

• In April 2017, the Prosecutor General's Office declared undesirable a number of organizations associated with Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Including the Open Russia Civic Movement. The Russian movement "Open Russia" was not banned. On March 30, 2019, Open Russia declared self-liquidation for security reasons.