The criminal case of writer and journalist Mikhail Zygar about "fakes" about the Russian army has been submitted to the Basmanny Court of Moscow. RusNews has drawn attention to this.
In April, Zygarwas arrested in absentia as part of this case, and before that he was put on the wanted list. Information that a criminal case had been opened against the writer under the article on dissemination of military "fakes" motivated by political hatred (paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) appeared back in March.
This was reported by the pro-Kremlin RIA Novosti and Shot , as well as the Telegram channel ASTRA . The reason for the persecution was an Instagram post about the crimes of the Russian army in Bucha , which Zygar published on April 4, 2022.
In October 2022, Zygar was added to the register of "foreign agents". The Ministry of Justice cited "Carrying out political activity" as the basis, and indicated Ukraine as the source of funding for the journalist's activities. In 2022, the journalist left for Germany.
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