Russia adds Meduza editor-in-chief Ivan Kolpakov to its wanted list

Meduza editor-in-chief Ivan Kolpakov has been added to the Russian Interior Ministry’s wanted list, Mediazona reports.

According to the ministry’s database, Kolpakov is wanted on a criminal charge, though the authorities have not specified which one. No criminal case against him had previously been announced.

In August 2025, a Moscow Court fined Kolpakov under an misdemeanor article for participating in the activities of a so-called “undesirable” organization.

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office declared Meduza an “undesirable” organization in January 2023, claiming it posed a national security threat. Since then, the Russian authorities have issued dozens of misdemeanor fines to journalists, experts, and readers for allegedly cooperating with the newsroom.

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Other Meduza journalists prosecuted in Russia

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