Alesya Marokhovskaya

Affiliated media: IStories, Journalist

Incident date: September 16, 2021

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Meduza

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Polina Uzhvak, Alesya Marоkhovskaya, and Irina Dolinina, journalists of the IStories media outlet, were detained at an action near the Ministry of Justice building. Four hours later, they were released from the police with reports under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (participation in an unauthorised event). The series of individual pickets was timed to the International Day of Solidarity of Journalists. Dolinina, Marokhovskaya, and Important Stories were designated «foreign agents». On September 16, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow fined the journalists. Each of them was fined 10 thousand RUB.