Journalist Mikhail Fishman* was sentenced in absentia to 3 years in prison for working on Dozhd**.
In the Simonovsky District Court in Moscow, the State Prosecution asked the presenter Dozhd Mikhail Fishman to serve 3 years in prison on the charge of participating in an "undesirable organization" (Part 1 of Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code), Mediazona* reported.
According to the prosecution, he had a "criminal intent" to continue working for Duzhed due to a long-standing disagreement with the policies of the Russian authorities and hostility towards its armed forces and Putin.
The Attorney General's Office recognized the Dozed TV channel as an "undesirable" organization in July 2023. Fishman became the first employee of the channel against whom a criminal case was opened as part of this article.
At the end of October, the founder of the channel, Natalia Sindieva*, began to be tried on charges of organizing the activities of an "undesirable" organization. The channel's current CEO, Mark Tan, was sentenced in absentia to 5 years in prison for working on Dozed.
- recognized by the Russian authorities as foreign agents.
- Recognized by the Russian authorities as an undesirable organization. Also known as a foreign agent.