Ilya Varlamov was fined 30 thousand rubles for telegram posts without the “foreign agent” label

Judge Maria Smirnova of the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow fined journalist Ilya Varlamov 30 thousand rubles, a Mediazona correspondent reports.

Varlamov was found guilty under Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (failure to be marked as a “foreign agent”). The reason for drawing up the protocol was the telegram posts. Representative of Roskomnadzor Asiya Matyunina at the meeting supported the arguments of the protocol on the violation - Varlamov posted posts on telegram without indicating the status of a “foreign agent.” Screenshots of the posts were shared on May 29.

Varlamov's defense representative was not present at the hearing; the court refused to postpone the hearing due to his vacation.