MOSCOW – Russian opposition-leaning radio station Echo Moskvy and its website editor have been fined the equivalent of $3,745 for posting the comments of a political analyst who questioned Russia's coronavirus statistics.
The station's chief editor Alexei Venediktov tweeted Friday that a Moscow court handed a $2,880 fine to the radio station and a $865 fine to its website editor Vitaly Ruvinsky “for publishing the statement of political analyst Valery Solovei,” adding that Echo Moskvy planned to appeal the ruling.
According to court filings, the fines were issued for “disseminating deliberate... misinformation” and “creating a threat to the life and (or) health of the people.” Venediktov didn't specify which statement by Solovei was.