Courts in Moscow fined The Insider, Levada Center and three other individuals under the law on “foreign agents”

“Mediazona”, through the press service of the Moscow courts, learned (, ) about the next fines under the law on “foreign agents”.

1 2 Thus, on August 17, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined Levada Center 300 thousand rubles under the article on failure to provide the Ministry of Justice with a report on its activities (Part 2 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code).

And the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow on August 17 fined Dozhd journalist Ekaterina Kotrikadze 40 thousand rubles under the article on the activities of a “foreign agent” by a person who is not included in the register of the Ministry of Justice (Part 1 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). In fact, the journalist will be added to the register in October 2022.

appointed the Tagansky District Court of Moscow on August 18 to pay The Insider for 400 thousand rubles. And “ on August 16, the same court fined the foundation fined Sitting Russia” 350 thousand rubles; the founder of the foundation, Olga Romanova, was 100 thousand rubles. The organizations and the human rights activist were convicted under the article on the absence of “foreign agency” markings (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The Ministry of Justice added The Insider to the register in July 2021, a year later the publication’s activities were “undesirable.” has been on the list of “foreign agents” since September 2016, and since May 2018. Olga Romanova is not on the register.

included recognized "Levada Center" "Rus Sitting" The drawing up of the protocol on Kotrikadze became known, and everyone else - .

July 27 August 2 - Legislation on “foreign agents” is becoming stricter every year. On December 1, 2022, the law “On control over the activities of persons under foreign influence” came into force, as well as numerous legislative amendments to “foreign agency” regulation. You can read about the list of “affiliated persons”, new registers and other innovations in the law on “foreign agents”. analysis of OVD-Info - In addition, Vladimir Putin has a law on imprisonment for a term of up to five years for “foreign agents” who were brought to justice twice in a year for violating the procedure for the activities of a “foreign agent” (Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). signed - In the fall of 2021, OVD-Info launched the project. We explore the practice of applying laws on “foreign agents”, talk about their impact on civil society and specific people, initiate discussions with experts and suggest ways of possible changes. In December 2021, together with the Center for the Protection of Media Rights, we began to provide legal support to people and organizations that were included in the registers of “foreign agents.” "Inoteca"