Writer Viktor Shenderovich was fined under the law on “foreign agents”

The Preobrazhensky District Court of Moscow fined the writer Viktor Shenderovich 10 thousand rubles under the article on failure to fulfill the duties of a “foreign agent” (part 1 of article 19.34.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). about this . writes The head of Agora, Pavel Chikov,

The report on Shenderovich was drawn up at the end of June due to the lack of labeling of the media as a “foreign agent” in posts on his personal Telegram channel.

Shenderovich into the register of “foreign agents” The Ministry of Justice entered in December 2021, the reason was the transfer of 13,500 rubles from a foreign citizen.

In January, the writer left Russia after businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin filed a libel complaint against him (part 5 of article 128.1 of the Criminal Code). Prigozhin asked to open a criminal case against the writer due to the fact that Shenderovich on the air of Ekho Moskvy called him a “murderer” and said that he was sponsoring the Wagner PMC.

“As long as this Prigozhin is an elite here, I, therefore, will continue to perform the function of a “foreign agent” - outside the homeland, but without a muzzle. So it will be more pleasant for me, and it will be more fun for you, ”the writer said then.

Even before the libel statement, the court satisfied Prigozhin’s civil claim in connection with the broadcast on Ekho Moskvy and collected one million rubles from the radio station, and 100 thousand rubles from Shenderovich.

• The legislation on “foreign agents” in Russia is being consistently tightened: OVD-Info spoke in detail about what will change in its next version. We also launched the Inoteka project , where we study the practices of pressure on civil initiatives and protect those affected by the laws on “foreign agents”.