Russia Sentences Exiled Journalists Anin, Fomina to 8.5 Years Over Bucha Reporting

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow fined political analyst Ekaterina Shulman 10,000 rubles under an administrative protocol on participation in the activities of an “undesirable” organization (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code), reports TASS.

Russia Sentences Exiled Journalists Anin, Fomina to 8.5 Years Over Bucha Reporting

A Moscow court sentenced investigative journalists Roman Anin and Yekaterina Fomina to eight and a half years in prison each in absentia for spreading “fake news” about the Russian military’s actions in Ukraine, the exiled news outlet IStories reported Monday.

Prosecutor Tamara Bakhnova, during a debate in the Dorogomilovsky Court of Moscow, asked to appoint journalist Ek... in absentia

The Dorogomilovsky Court of Moscow sentenced Roman Anin, publisher of Important Stories, and journalist Ekaterina Fomina, in absentia, to eight and a half years in prison. This is reported by Mediazona with reference to lawyer Fomina. The reason for the initiation of the case was two videos reviewing news from Anin (at that time he was the newspaper's editor-in-chief), as well as Fomina's investigation into the murder of civilians in Bucha by t…

The reason was three videos of “Important Stories” — two news reviews from Anin and Fomina's investigation into the murder of civilians in Bucha