Russian police open two more cases against current and former Meduza journalists

The Russian authorities continue to prosecute current and former Meduza personnel for their work with an “undesirable” media organization. The two latest misdemeanor cases are against podcaster Vladislav Gorin, who hosts Meduza’s daily news analysis show, and Dmitry Kartsev, who worked at Meduza for five years before becoming the editor of Dekoder. 

Russian officials banned Meduza as an “undesirable” news outlet in January 2023. Since then, more than a dozen of Meduza’s journalists, as well as at least 15 readers who shared Meduza’s work online, have faced administrative prosecution for “participating” in our activities. Multiple such offenses within a 12-month period constitute a felony in Russia.