In Crimea, a protocol against Zudiyeva journalist for “foreign agent’s activity” was drawn up

Lutphy Zudiyeva, photo provided “Women in Media”

Representatives of the Ministry of Justice under the control of the Republic of Crimea “drawn up an administrative protocol against the Crimean Tatar journalist and human rights activist Lutphia Zudiyeva.

Source: comment by Zudiyeva NGO “Women in Media”

Details: The document is drawn up under part 1 of Article 19.34 of the Russian Federation – “Execution of activity of a foreign agent without submitting an appropriate application”.

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According to the journalist, the basis for persecution was the allegedly conducting “political activity under foreign influence”, in particular the publication of materials on human rights violations in the Crimea and the situation with Crimean Tatar political prisoners.

According to the case file, its reports on social networks and materials in the media (“Graty”, CNN, Newsweek and others), as well as interviews for international organizations, are treated by the Russian authorities as a “foreign agent”.

The Russian authorities claim that in May 2025, the journalist was included in the register of “foreign agents” at the order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. The journalist should mark any of his content on social networks as “18+” and add explanations, about the distribution of “Inaging”.

In addition, once a quarter, it must submit reports on its activities to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. Currently, Zudiyeva appeals against the decision to enter it in this register.

Direct Language of it Zudium: “I generally do not think it is unlawful – to comment or write some balanced texts about the situation in the Crimea. In my texts there is always the point of view of the victims of the repression of people and the position of Russian authorities. That is why I do not think that my activity is unlawful and falls under the definition of a foreign agent.”

Details: The journalist claims that in September or October I can be a court hearing, which will most likely be fined – from 15 to 30 thousand rubles (approximately 6 to 12 thousand hryvnias, note).

Reference: According to the NGO “Women in Media”, Zudiyev is a Crimean Tatar journalist, the author of the portal “The Grafts”. All this time she lives in Crimea, but did not leave the peninsula even after he was under the control of the Russian Federation in 2014.