Sergey Mingazov, a journalist from Forbes, has been placed under house arrest by a Russian court. He was detained on the grounds of allegedly disseminating false information about the Russian armed services, as reported by the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.
According to RIA, Mingazov, a journalist for Forbes, has been put under house arrest for distributing false information about the Russian Armed Forces.
Forbes Journalist Placed Under House Arrest For Allegedly Spreading Fake News About Russian Army
According to Mingazov’s lawyer, Konstantin Bubon, the journalist was arrested for “sharing a post about the incidents in Bucha (Ukraine)” on Telegram’s messaging app.
At the time of posting this article, Mingazov’s Telegram channel had 476 subscribers. Evidence indicates that he shared reports from several news agencies, including the BBC’s Russian outlet and Radio Freedom, which reported on alleged atrocities committed by Russian troops in Bucha, near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
Bubon alleged that Mingazov is charged with disseminating “deliberately inaccurate information” about the Russian military “while pretending” to provide trustworthy journalism.
Ukrainian soldiers liberated the city of Bucha in late March 2022, after it had been taken during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February of the same year. As to the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office, the Russian army perpetrated numerous war crimes in the Bucha district, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of people in the town. The Kremlin has refuted any involvement in the mass executions and has restated unfounded assertions that the photographs of civilian dead were counterfeit.
Restriction on internet access implemented
Bubon informed Forbes Russia that Mingazov’s house detention was implemented as a precautionary measure. In Russia, pre-trial preventative measures are implemented, which may involve either being detained in custody, granted bail, or subjected to home arrest.
Bubon also informed Forbes Russia that the court has prohibited Mingazov from accessing the Internet and has limited his interactions with individuals other than his relatives, investigators, lawyers, and medical practitioners.
Forbes Journalist Placed Under House Arrest For Allegedly Spreading Fake News About Russian Army
On Saturday, the Investigative Committee of the Khabarovsk territory announced that it had placed an individual under house arrest as a precautionary measure. The person in question has been charged with spreading deliberately false information about the Russian military forces.
The Investigative Committee said that in April 2022, a man, driven by political animosity, published a post on a news channel under his administration to reach an unrestricted audience.
“It continued to state that the information, which was presented as trustworthy, actually consisted of intentionally inaccurate details about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.”
Since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has been implementing stringent measures against journalists. Several notable journalists, such as Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, have been apprehended.
Furthermore, the courts have issued arrest warrants for some journalists, such as Alexander Nevzorov, Dmitry Gordon, and Marina Ovsyannikova, who have been critical of the state, even though they were not present during the court proceedings.
According to a statement from the press department of a local Russian court on Saturday, Konstantin Gabov, a Russian journalist who was identified as a producer for the Reuters news agency, was arrested and charged with “extremism.”
Forbes Journalist Placed Under House Arrest For Allegedly Spreading Fake News About Russian Army
According to the press staff of the Basmanny District Court, Gabov is accused of assisting in the creation of content for a YouTube channel named “NavalnyLIVE,” which is linked to the deceased opposition leader Alexey Navalny.
The court determined that Gabov was engaged in “creating photographic and audiovisual content” for the YouTube channel and ordered his custody for at least two months until June 27.
The Russian authorities have classified Navalny and his organizations as “extremist,” which implies that individuals who are affiliated with his group are exposed to potential legal consequences.
SOURCE – (CNN)
