The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has issued a warrant for…
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has issued a warrant for the arrest of Roman Drobokhov, chief editor of investigative publication The Insider.
Consensus
- Roman Dobrokhотов has been placed under search by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
- Dobrokhотов was arrested in absentia in August 202₂ for allegedly illegally crossing the Russian state border into Ukraine.
- The incident occurred on the night of 1 August 2021, when Dobrokhотов crossed the border from Voronezh Oblast to Ukraine outside a checkpoint.
- The Federal Security Service (FSB) submitted a request for his arrest in absentia.
- Dobrokhотов and The Insider were added to the register of 'foreign agents' shortly before he left Russia.
- In summer 2022, the General Prosecutor's Office declared The Insider a 'undesirable organization'.
- Dobrokhотов has been repeatedly fined for cooperating with a 'undesirable organization' and violating foreign agent legislation.
Points of divergence
- The database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not specify which criminal article Dobrokhотов is being sought under, nor does it provide details about the alleged crime. — m24
- In autumn 2021, a court ordered Dobrokhотов to pay 156 thousand rubles for a tweet deemed to contain 'disinformation' about the MH17 crash. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- The fine of 156 thousand rubles was imposed in autumn 2021 for a tweet containing 'disinformation about the downed Boeing MH17'. — mediazona
Coverage (3 sources)
- The Interior Ministry has issued a warrant for the arrest of The Insider editor-in-chief Roman Drobokhov — Москва 24
- The Insider Editor-in-Chief Roman Drobokhov Declared Wanted — SOTAvision
- The Insider Editor-in-Chief Roman Drobokhov Declared Wanted — Медиазона
Key entities
- Roman Dobrokhотов
- The Insider
- Russia
- MVD
- Mediasphere
- Moscow
- Ukraine
- Voronezh Oblast
- Media as foreign agent
- Lefortovsky District Court
- Anton Novoderezhkin