Multiple individuals and organizations in Moscow were fined for…
Multiple individuals and organizations in Moscow were fined for violating the requirements of Russia's foreign agent law, specifically related to failure to timely or properly submit required information to the Ministry of Justice. The cases involved former officials, journalists, a research center, and an actor, all designated as foreign agents.
Consensus
- Several individuals and organizations in Moscow were fined for administrative violations under Part 2 of Article 19.34 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses (KоАП РФ).
- The violations involved failure to submit or delay in submitting required information to the Ministry of Justice as part of their obligations as foreign agents.
- All cases were decided by Moscow city courts, including the Tverской, Dorogomilovskiy, Basmanny, and Savelovsky district courts.
- The fines ranged from 40,000 to 50,000 rubles for individuals and up to 300,000 rubles for organizations.
- All the individuals or entities involved were officially recognized as foreign agents by the Russian Ministry of Justice.
Points of divergence
- Yuri Pivоварov was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 750,000 rubles in absentia for fictitious employment and embezzlement; this case is separate from the administrative fine related to foreign agent reporting. — vm
- Denis Volkov, director of 'Levada-Center', was fined 100,000 rubles individually in addition to the organization's fine. — tg_astrapress
- The Levada Center was included in the foreign agent registry in September 2016; this contradicts KommerSant and tg_astrapress which state August 2016. — interfax
- Zhanna Agalakova was added to the foreign agent register in February 2025, while other sources do not mention this date. — vedomosti
- Semen Treskunov was previously prosecuted twice for similar violations within a year and faced potential criminal charges; no such prior cases are mentioned in other sources. — riamo
- Marina Khalandach was fined for holding a protest against her own conviction, which is unrelated to foreign agent reporting requirements. — mediazona
Coverage (20 sources)
- Former head of RAS INION Pivovarov fined for violating foreign agent activity rules — Вечерняя Москва
- Publicist Stomakhin fined for violating the law on foreign agents: fine amount — Вечерняя Москва
- Michael Naki fined $40k for violating foreign agent activity rules — Вести
- Blogger Michael Naki fined for violating foreign agent law: how much he must pay — Вечерняя Москва
- Activist Elizarov fined for violating foreign agent law: how much he must pay — Вечерняя Москва
- Levada Center fined 300,000 rubles under the foreign agent law — Коммерсантъ
- "Levada Center" and its director Volkov fined for non-compliance with the "foreign agent" law — ASTRA
- Analytical Center of Yuri Levada and its director fined a total of 400 thousand rubles: reason — Вечерняя Москва
- "Levada Center" and its director fined for violating the law on foreign agents — Интерфакс
- Zhana Agalakova fined for violating the rules of activity as a foreign agent — Ведомости
- Moscow Court Fines Emigrant Actor Treshkunov 50,000 Rubles — РИАМО
- Actor Treskunov Fined for Violating Foreign Agent Law — Ведомости
- Actor Treskunov Fined for Failure to Report on Foreign Agent Status — Вести
- Mikhail Shats fined for violating the law on foreign agents — Вести
- Court again fined rapper Ligalays for violating foreign agent activity rules — Ведомости
- Journalist Mereminskaya Fined for Article: What Amount? — Вечерняя Москва
- Moscow woman fined for picketing against criminal case on fraud involving anti-drone complex 'Obereg', for which she was sentenced to 10 years — Медиазона
- Apple Party Member Krivitskya Fined for Driving Without a License in Moscow: How Much She Must Pay — Вечерняя Москва
- Court fines Koreanist Lankov for collaboration with an unwanted organization — Коммерсантъ
- Leader of Moscow National Bolsheviks Mikhail Aksel Fined 30,000 Rubles for Post Criticizing Shoygu — Медиазона
Key entities
- Moscow
- Russia
- Semen Treskunov
- Levada Center
- Michael Naki
- Denis Volkov
- Butyrsky District Court
- Tversky Court
- Ministry of Justice
- Saint Petersburg
- Basmanny District Court
- Tverskoy District Court
- INTERFAX.RU
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- Moscow's Velovsky District Court fined journalist Anna Agalakova