The Tagansky District Court of Moscow fined the publication The Insider, “Charity Fund for Helping Convicts and Their Families” and its founder Olga Romanova due to violation of the procedure for the activities of a “foreign agent”. About it ” Mediazone ”Told the press service of the court. The Insider was fined 400 thousand rubles, Romanova’s fund – 350 thousand rubles, and she herself – 100 thousand rubles. The punishments were imposed in the framework of administrative cases on the absence of marking “foreign agent” in publications (part 4 of article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). What materials have become occasion for fines, not known. Meetings on the affairs of the fund for helping convicts and Romanova were held on August 16, a fine The Insider appointed today. The drafting of administrative protocols became known on August 2. The Charitable Foundation for Helping Convicts and Their Families was created in 2015 on the basis of Romanova’s movement “Seated Rus'”. As stated on the foundation’s website, the organization helps prisoners and those released from colonies, and also contributes to the creation of infrastructure to prevent recidivism. Sitting Rus was added to the register of “foreign agents” in May 2018, Romanova herself is not included in the list of the Ministry of Justice, but she was fined as the head of the organization. The Insider added to the registry in July 2021. In November of the same year, the publication was fined 500,000 rubles under an article about violating the procedure for the activities of a “foreign agent”.
The Insider, the Rus’ Sedentary Foundation and its head Olga Romanova were fined due to the lack of a “foreign agent” badge in publications
