A court in the western Russian city of Pskov on July 1 fined Denis Kamalyagin, the editor in chief of the Pskovskaya Guberniya newspaper, for purportedly failing to comply with legal requirements stemming from his designation as a "foreign agent." The court ordered Kamalyagin to pay 30,000 rubles ($342) personally. In addition, it ordered a legal entity connected to him to pay 300,000 rubles ($3,420). Kamalyagin, who now lives in Latvia, was fined in 2023 for purportedly discrediting the Russian armed forces. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s North.Realities, click here.
Russian Journalist Fined In Absentia For Violating 'Foreign Agent' Law
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