"Vedomosti" labeled the Decembrists as a "designated organization."…
"Vedomosti" labeled the Decembrists as a "designated organization." In an article by Vedomosti regarding the trial of participants in the Decembrist uprising on Senate Square in 1825, there was briefly a note stating that the Decembrists are considered a "designated organization" in Russia.
Consensus
- The newspaper 'Vedomosti' published an article on July 25 about the trial of participants in the 1825 Decembrist uprising on Senate Square.
- A label marking the Decembrists as a 'prohibited organization in Russia' appeared in the article after its initial publication.
- The label was later removed from the main website version of the article.
- The erroneous label remained in the version of the article published on 'Dzen'.
- The error likely resulted from an automated algorithm confusing the historical Decembrists with the German NGO Dekabristen e.V.
- The German NGO Dekabristen e.V. was declared 'undesirable' by Russia’s Prosecutor General in 2022.
- The article was published to mark the 200th anniversary of the execution of the Decembrists.
Points of divergence
- The label was removed specifically due to the approaching 200th anniversary of the executions. — tvrain
- The label appeared only in one instance among three mentions of 'Decembrists' in the text, according to a July 27 web archive copy. — meduza
Coverage (5 sources)
- Vedomosti named Decembrists an 'undesirable organization' — Дождь
- Vedomosti labels Decembrists as 'undesirable organization' — ASTRA
- Vedomosti labels Decembrists as an 'undesirable organization' — Дождь (Telegram)
- Vedomosti labels Decembrists as 'undesirable organization' in article marking the anniversary of their execution — Бумага
- Vedomosti labels Decembrists as 'undesirable' organization; likely a site algorithm error confused them with a modern German NGO — Meduza