Babchenko Sentenced to 1.5 Years in Absentia
A world judge of the court section No. 412 of the Ostankino district of Moscow convicted journalist Arkady Babenko (considered an agent of a foreign state in Russia) in absentia on criminal charges and sentenced him to 1.5 years in prison.
Consensus
- Arkady Babchenko was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison in absentia by a Moscow court.
- The sentence was for evading obligations as a foreign agent under Article 330.1, part 2 of the Russian Criminal Code.
- Babchenko was fined twice within a year for failing to mark his publications as those of a foreign agent.
- He has been declared a foreign agent by the Russian Ministry of Justice and listed as a terrorist and extremist by Rosfinmonitoring.
- Babchenko lives outside Russia and was declared a wanted person by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
- The court also banned him from administering websites for two years.
Points of divergence
- The case was initiated at the end of May 2026. — vm
- The case was initiated on 28 June 2024. — vedomosti
- Babchenko left Russia in 2017 due to threats, participated in a staged assassination in 2018, and left Ukraine in 2019 after being charged by the SBU for criticizing President Zelensky. — kommersant
- The court did not specify which criminal article was used to issue the wanted notice. — m24
Coverage (4 sources)
- Military correspondent Babenko sentenced in absentia for failing to fulfill foreign agent obligations: what sentence was given? — Вечерняя Москва
- Journalist Arkady Babchenko sentenced to 1.5 years in prison in absentia — Ведомости
- Journalist-Babchenko, designated as a foreign agent, sentenced to one year and six months in prison — Коммерсантъ
- Journalist Arkady Babchenko sentenced to 1.5 years in prison in absentia — Москва 24
Key entities
- Arkadia Babchenko
- Moscow
- Russia
- Ostankino District
- Rosfinmonitoring
- TASS
- World
- World
- TASS/AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky