Statement of support for Ukraine and Ukrainian journalists
A woman holds burning flares which make smoke in the Ukrainian colours of blue and yellow as several hundred residents came out to show their support for Ukraine and to…
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Leonid Nikitinsky: In any case, 15 years – that’s what’s “fake.” [2/2]
4 March 2022 by Leonid Nikitinsky, Novaya correspondent Source: Novaya gazeta Let me explain the Criminal Code articles just passed in order to make journalists’ work even more dangerous, if…
Law of the Week: Government approves bill increasing criminal liability for circulation of knowingly false information about the USSR during WWII
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…
Memorial Human Rights Centre: The prosecution of journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva was politically motivated
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.…
Podcast Simon & Sergei: with Tatyana Voltskaya, journalist and poet
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…
Svetlana Prokopyeva’s final statement in court: “State power in the hands of cruel people is a major threat to security”
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…
Quote for the Week. Svetlana Prokopyeva: “I am not afraid to criticize the government. I am not afraid to criticize law enforcement or tell the security organs that they are wrong.”
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…
Tatyana Voltskaya: Speak the truth in spite of the risks
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…
Tatyana Voltskaya: They have me in their sights
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…
Russian Journalist Tatyana Voltskaya threatened with Criminal Prosecution over Article about Coronavirus
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…