Comedian Poperechny paid a fine of 500 thousand rubles to journalist Prokopyeva in the case of justifying terrorism

Stand-up comedian Danila Poperechny sent 500 thousand rubles to journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva, who was fined this amount in the case of justifying terrorism. about this She wrote on Facebook. The journalist also confirmed this to Mediazona.

on Facebook In the afternoon, Prokopyeva opened a fundraiser to pay the fine. A few hours later, she closed it, promising to send all the “extra” money to the Center for the Defense of Media Rights and other human rights activists.

In July, Prokopyeva was convicted for talking on the radio about student Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who blew himself up in the building of the FSB headquarters in the Arkhangelsk region. After the meeting, the comedian wrote on Twitter that he was “ready to cover up and take full responsibility for paying the fine.”