The owner of the Telegram channel for Daily Storm was fined for a…
The owner of the Telegram channel for Daily Storm was fined for a post about a Roskomnadzor advisor who was outraged by school notebooks featuring superheroes and anime. The Media Zone noted that World Court Judge No. 374 of Tagansky District, Moscow, fined Ksenia Shardt, the channel's owner, 30,000 rubles on charges of 'abuse of freedom of the media'.
Consensus
- Ksenia Shardt was fined 30,000 Russian rubles by a Moscow world court on July 1, 2026.
- The fine was imposed under Article 13.15, part 9 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for abuse of freedom of mass media.
- The case stemmed from a post published on February 24, 2026, by Daily Storm about Andrey Tsiganov's speech at a roundtable in the State Duma.
- Tsiganov is described as the head editor of the 'righteous-patriotic' publication 'Katyuha' and former member of Roskomnadzor’s public council.
- The post claimed that 'Roskomnadzor was outraged by school notebooks with anime and Western superheroes'.
- Roskomnadzor stated that Tsiganov is not a state official, cannot speak on behalf of the agency, and that the public council has only advisory functions.
- Tsiganov was removed from Roskomnadzor’s public council in May 2026.
- The original post remains accessible but now refers to 'public figures' rather than Roskomnadzor as being outraged.
Points of divergence
- Tsiganov was excluded from the public council due to his disagreement with promoting the messaging app Max, allegedly at the request of First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Sergey Kiriyenko. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- Tsiganov's removal was reportedly due to his opposition to forcing Russians to use the messaging app Max, and that this decision was made on the demand of first deputy head of the presidential administration Sergei Kiriyenko, who allegedly protects VK’s 'Max'. — tg_tvrain
- Tsiganov's removal from the council is linked to his opposition to pushing the Max messaging app, and he was described in a publication as one of the causes of 'headaches for liberals in power'. — mediazona
Coverage (3 sources)
- Telegram channel Daily Storm owner fined for publishing about Roskomnadlov advisor who criticized school notebooks... — SOTAvision
- Telegram channel owner of Daily Storm fined for post about Roskomnadzor advisor upset over school notebooks with superheroes and anime — Дождь (Telegram)
- Telegram channel owner Daily Storm fined for post about RKN advisor who was outraged by school notebooks featuring superheroes and anime — Медиазона
Key entities
- Daily Storm
- Roskomnadzor
- Ksenia Shardt
- Moscow
- Media
- Tagansky District
- Roskomnadzor
- Mediasphere
- World
- World Court
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