At the Moskovsky railway station in St. Petersburg, Valeria Meshcheryakova, a graduate of the Faculty of Journalism of St. Petersburg State University, was detained because of the “Face of Russian Journalism” event, which took place in 2023. Relatives of Meshcheryakova reported the arrest to OVD-Info.
The detainee was taken to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Vasileostrovsky district. She is charged with the “protest” article (Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). Meshcheryakova was banned from using the telephone.
On July 6, 2023, Valeria Meshcheryakova and another graduate of the Faculty of Journalism of St. Petersburg State University Elizaveta Antonova, during the graduation ceremony, unfurled a poster with a portrait of Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina and the words “the face of Russian journalism.” Two days before this, Milashina was beaten in Chechnya, where she came to the announcement of the verdict of Zarema Musaeva.
22:05 A report was drawn up against Valeria Meshcheryakova under the article on organizing an unapproved event (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code), she was left in the department overnight. This is reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info, who came to the department.
On March 1, the Vasileostrovsky District Court fined Valeria Meshcheryakova 20 thousand rubles under the article on organizing an unapproved event (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). This was reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info, representing her interests.