Censorship and regulation: Publication ban, take-down order or forced deletion, fine, administrative action
Listok newspaper in Altai region was fined 300,000 rubles and its director Olga Komarova was fined 100,000 rubles for allegedly discrediting the Russian army and its operations in Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted an examination and found out that Listok had “discredited” the army in several of its articles. The homes of Listok staff were searched on April 13 and the founder and author of the newspaper, Sergei Mikhailov, was detained in Moscow on suspicion of spreading false information about the army’s actions.