Moskovsky Komsomolets Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Russian authorities detain journalists, media workers on extortion, fraud charges

August 23, 2022 2:46 PM EDT

Paris, August 23, 2022—Russian authorities should immediately release journalists and media workers recently arrested on extortion and fraud charges and ensure that the country’s judicial system is not used to silence critical voices, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Between August 1, and August 16, Russian authorities raided the homes of and detained at…

Ukraine bars 17 Russian journalists from entering country

June 2, 2016 12:24 PM EDT

New York, June 2, 2016 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by Ukraine’s decision to bar 17 Russian journalists from entering the country until December 31, 2017.

Russian actor condemned for wearing press insignia and firing weapons

October 31, 2014 4:09 PM EDT

Russian actor Mikhail Porechenkov has joined basketball star Dennis Rodman, who declared North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un his best friend, and Jennifer Lopez who sang “Happy Birthday Mr. President” to the authoritarian leader of Turkmenistan, on the list of celebrities who have made human rights faux pas.

Russian parliament member threatens journalist, editor

March 18, 2013 3:15 PM EDT

New York, March 18, 2013–A member of Russia’s parliament has used his public Twitter account to threaten two journalists with the independent daily Moskovsky Komsomolets, according to news reports.

Armed man pursues journalist in Moscow

July 7, 2011 2:31 PM EDT

Moscow, July 7, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Moscow police to thoroughly investigate today’s incident involving Vadim Rechkalov, a political commentator with the popular daily newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets, in which an unknown man threatened him with a gun.