The editor-in-chief of “Pskov Province” Denis Kamalyagin left Russia

The editor-in-chief of Pskov Province Denis Kamalyagin and several other media employees left Russia. About this in the telegram channel of the publication.

reported The message says that Kamalyagin left a day before the search that took place today in his house in the case of libel (Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code) against the regional governor Mikhail Vedernikov. At the moment, searches are taking place at at least seven addresses of Pskov journalists and activists.

carried out Former employees of the “Pskov Province” who remained in Russia were suspended from working with the publication “for their safety,” they add in the telegram channel.

Denis Kamalyagin is one of the first five individuals identified by the media as “foreign agents” in December 2020. The journalist was included in the register in connection with his collaboration with Radio Liberty. Later, the court legally included Kamalyagin in the list. Shortly before the departure of the journalist and several other employees of the publication during an anti-war rally.

admitted admitted detained - December 28, 2020 list of media - “foreign agents” for the first time by the names of individuals. The list included three journalists - Lyudmila Savitskaya, Sergei Markelov and Denis Kamalyagin, as well as the head of the Movement for Human Rights Lev Ponomarev and civil activist and actionist Daria Apakhonchich. replenished