The Russian authorities in Tesday opened a criminal case against Galina Tombko, the founder and editor of the Meduza Exiled News Website, accused of organizing the activities of an “undesirable” organization.
In a statement, the Moscow Research Committee accused Tombko of publishing online videos that stirred the feeling of public protest and involved people in the activities of an “indifferent” organization.
The investigation committee said he was considering placing Tombko on the country’s wishes.
Tychenko, 64, served as editor in chief of the slow news site until 2014, when she was fired for her property linked to Kremlin. After her departure, she and the former slow staff. labeled to “Foreign agent“ In 2021.
In 2023, Russian prosecutors also described Meduza as an “undesirable” organization, which prohibits it from operating within the country and criminalizing any association with him.
The Ministry of Justice designed tombko as a “Foreign agentThe following year, accusing her Or oppose the “special military operation” of the country in Ukraine and disseminate “inaccurate information aimed at forming a negative image of the Russian armed forces.”
In June 2024, a Moscow court gave Tombko an administrative fine of 14,000 Rable ($ 175) for charges of participating in an “undesirable organization.”
According to the data collected by the Midozona Exiled news website, the Russian courts have issued more than 130 fines related to the participation with the media designated as “undesirable”. Fifty -four of these administrative cases involve Meduza directly or mention the publication by name.
