Tatyana Lazarev was sentenced in absentia to 6.5 years for "justification of terrorism"

The court in absentia sentenced the TV presenter Tatyana Lazarev to 6.5 years in a colony in the case of justification of terrorism, Mediazona reports . It was such a period that requested the charge. The case was considered in one day.

The reason for the criminal prosecution against Lazareva was her words about the attacks of drones on the Russian regions. A linguistic study of the Ministry of Internal Affairs showed that the TV presenter’s statements contain "information aimed at justifying terrorist activities."

After the start of the full -scale invasion of Russian troops to Ukraine, Tatyana Lazareva left Russia and condemned the war. In July 2022, she was declared a "foreign agent."

In 2024, along with other "foreign agents" Lazareva planned to participate in the elections to the Moscow City Duma. After that, the State Duma forbade "foreign agents" to run in the elections. In June, the TV presenter was included in the list of terrorists and extremists.

• Lazareva has openly criticized the regime of Vladimir Putin. In December 2011, she participated in a rally on Bolotnaya Square as one of the speakers. In 2013, I recorded a video message in support of the Quirry community and criticized the law on the ban on the propaganda of LGBT. In 2014, she opposed the Russian annexation of Crimea.