Russia's government has approved a bill increasing criminal liability for the denial of facts established by the Nuremberg Tribunal, 'as well as for the public circulation of knowingly false information…
20 August 2020 We consider the conviction of Svetlana Prokopyeva for the offence of public justification of terrorism unlawful and politically motivated. Prokopyeva has been prosecuted for her journalistic activities.…
This week our guest on the podcast is Tatyana Voltskaya, journalist and poet from St Petersburg, against whom a criminal case was opened in April for so-called "fake news". Among…
3 July 2020 The final address of the journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva to the court Source: Novaya gazeta Svetlana Prokopyeva. Photo from her personal archive Novaya gazeta notes: The prosecutor's office…
Week-ending 3 July 2020 Svetlana Prokopyeva: "That is why we need freedom of speech – to sound the alarm in time. Independent media, journalists, opposition politicians and activists are essential…
28 April 2020 Source: Facebook Well, here I am, reporting. An investigator for especially important cases visited our little hut. He liked it in the village. The investigator assured me…
25 April 2020 Source Facebook They have me in their sights. They are preparing to bring a criminal case under the new Article 207.1 about fake news because of my…
25 April 2020 Author: Pavel Mylnikov Source: Deutsche Welle Photo: Facebook Tatyana Voltskaya interviewed an intensive care doctor about the work of St. Petersburg hospitals and the shortage of doctors…
7 April 2020 Artem Kozliuk, internet activist, head of the NGO Roskomsvoboda, co-founder of the Digital Rights Centre, member of the expert council of the State Duma Committee on Information…
17 April 2020 Source: PEN Moscow Moscow PEN Centre and the Free Word Association add their voices to the statement issued by the Union of Journalists and Media Workers. Statement…