Human rights activist Lev Ponomarev was fined due to the lack of “foreign agent” markings

The Khoroshevsky District Court fined human rights activist Lev Ponomarev 10,000 rubles for not being labeled a “foreign agent” on social media. reports SOTA .

The protocol under the article on failure to fulfill the obligations imposed by the status of a “foreign agent” (part 1 of article 19.34.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) was drawn up on Ponomarev on October 11. Roskomnadzor pointed to the absence of marking in 25 posts on Facebook and two on Instagram, as well as in 13 tweets. This was the first protocol under this article of the Code of Administrative Offenses after the tightening of legislation on “foreign agents”.

• The founder of the human rights organization "For Human Rights" Lev Ponomarev spoke about the difficulties he faced after being included in the register of media outlets - "foreign agents". He and four other people were the first to be included in this list - in December 2020.