The court fined the journalist “My friend, you are a transformer” for a picket in support of Ivan Safronov

The Khamovniki District Court fined Galina Sakharevich, a samizdat journalist, "My friend, are you a transformer," 10,000 rubles for an action in support of ex-Kommersant journalist Ivan Safronov. The lawyer from OVD-Info Sergei Telnov reports.

The court found the journalist guilty of violating the rules for holding a public event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) for picketing on July 7 near the FSB building. 28 people that day In total, the police detained .

• Ivan Safronov is a former journalist for Kommersant and Vedomosti, at the time of his arrest he was an adviser to the head of Roskosmos. The persecution of Safronov is associated with his journalistic activities, he covered the work of the military-industrial complex. Safronov was detained on July 7, 2020 by FSB officers as part of a treason case. On the same day, the court sent him to a pre-trial detention center for two months.