“In the Russian -controlled Russian District Court, the Crimean Tatar journalist and human rights activist Lutphye Zudiyev was fined for 30 thousand rubles for violation of the law on “inaging””, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation decided to include the journalist in the register of “inagents” on May 16, believing that it is “under foreign influence”. This is the first case of recognition of the “inaging” among the Crimean Tatars in the occupied Crimea.
In court, the journalist explained the protocol for her. She pointed out that the Russian Ministry of Justice in Crimea considers its public and media activities “political”. However, it is not and does not fall under the norm specified in the law, the journalist said.
In addition, Zudiyeva noted that there was no evidence of a “foreign influence” in the case, which allegedly had made on it, and the very rule of the Law on “Inaging” is formulated indefinitely and can be applied by the authorities arbitrarily.
The journalist also emphasized that bringing her to justice under the administrative article violates her right to express her opinion, enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation and international treaties. Zudiyeva asked to stop the case. She added that her actions had no offense.
Together with the lawyer Zudiyev plans to file an appeal against the decision of the Dzhankoy city court, said Crimean Solidarity.
Earlier, Zudiyeva was already persecuted by the Russian authorities. On February 22, 2024, the Russian security officers searched at her at home. She was accused of “abuse of freedom of the media” for reposts of Radio Liberty without the marking of the media as an inagent. At the end of March of that year, it became known that the Russian District Court in Simferopol fined the Crimean for 2500 rubles in the article on “abuse of freedom of the media” in Simferopol.
The legislation on so -called “inagents” appeared in Russia in 2012. The law allowed the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation to recognize non-profit organizations by foreign agents if they receive funding from abroad and conduct political activities. Subsequently, it was possible to recognize media and individuals agents, including those who do not receive foreign funding but “are under foreign influence”. What should be considered for foreign influence, Russian legislation does not specify.