Journalist Mikhail Fishman was asked in absentia to serve three years in prison for his work on Dozhed.
This was reported by Mediazona with reference to a reporter from the Simonovsky District Court in Moscow.
Mikhail Fishman is accused of participating in an "undesirable" organization. The prosecution believes that the journalist had "criminal intent" to work for Dozhed due to disagreement with the policies of the Russian authorities and hostility towards the military and Putin.
His lawyer Elena Sharmatieva points out that in fact Fishman is accused of ordinary journalistic work, and the investigation did not establish specific actions that constitute a "crime", the publication says. In August, the journalist was arrested in absentia.
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