Artist Slava PTRK Fined for Reposting Banned Media
Artist Slaya PTRK was fined in the Russian Federation for reposts from Deutche Welle, Meduza, and The Insider. This was reported by Mediazona citing a ruling by the Kurgan City Court of the Kurgan Region.
Consensus
- Stanislav Komissarov, known as Slava_PTRK, was fined 5,000 Russian rubles by the Kurgan City Court.
- The fine was imposed under Article 20.33 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses for participating in the activities of a 'prohibited' organization.
- The case was based on reposts in Komissarov's Telegram channel PTRK WAS HERE of content from Deutche Welle, Meduza, и The Insider.
- All three media outlets were previously designated as 'prohibited' organizations in Russia.
- Komissarov is a street artist born in Yekaterinburg who lived and worked in Moscow from 2016.
- In 2022, Komissarov publicly condemned Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and moved to the European Union in September.
- The court decision was announced on July 10 and published on the court's website in September.
- The case was initially registered by the Shadrinsky District Court of Kurgan Oblast and later transferred to the Kurgan City Court.
Points of divergence
- Komissarov was added to the 'foreign agent' list in March 2025. — tg_astrapress
- Komissarov was informed about the protocol in May 2024. — mediazona
Coverage (2 sources)
- Artist Slava PTRK fined in Russia for reposts from Deutche Welle, Meduza, and The Insider — ASTRA
- Artist Slav punished with fine for involvement in activities of 'undesirable' organizations due to materials from Meduza, The Insider, and Deutsche Welle in Telegram — Медиазона
Key entities
- Russia
- Meduza
- The Insider
- Deutsche Welle
- Stanislav Komissarov
- Kurgan Oblast
- Mediasphere
- Kurgan City Court
- Slava Ptrk