In Moscow, journalists from “Important Stories” were detained at a rally at the Ministry of Justice against the law on “foreign agents”

In Moscow, journalists of Important Stories Alesya Marokhovskaya, Irina Dolinina and Polina Uzhvak were detained at a protest near the Ministry of Justice against the law on “foreign agents”. It is reported by "Rain".

The detainees will be taken to the Yakimanka police department.

20:50 Journalists of Important Stories are charged with participation in an uncoordinated action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). this The publication itself reports .

Initially, the police planned to talk to them and release the detainees, but after that the head of the department said: “The situation has changed. They saw wrongdoing in your actions."

A lawyer from OVD-Info, Ilya Utkin, is visiting the journalists.

23:35 The journalists were released from the police station approximately four hours after being delivered. They drew up protocols on participation in an uncoordinated action. They were assisted by a lawyer from OVD-Info, Ilya Utkin.

• The Russian authorities recognized as "foreign agents" "Important stories" and six journalists of the publication, including Alesya Marokhovskaya and Irina Dolinina detained at the rally.
• Since spring, in the register of independent media and journalists from these publications have been regularly included media outlets as “foreign agents”. So, this year, Meduza, First Anti-Corruption Media , VTimes , The Insider , Dozhd project and the Fourth Sector received the status of "foreign agent" . There are already more than 20 individuals in this register.

In addition, the investigative publication "Proekt" was recognized as an "undesirable organization." projects The MBH Media and Open Media were forced to stop working after the sites were blocked.