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News outlet in Vladimir fined over drone strike reporting

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On 8 October 2026, a magistrate court in Vladimir fined the editor-in-chief of the independent outlet Zebra TV 90,000 rubles over the outlet’s reporting on drone strikes, according to independent news channel RusNews.

Vladimir’s Leninsky district court issued three separate fines of 30,000 rubles each to the outlet. The cases were based on administrative protocols drawn up under a decision by the Vladimir regional operational headquarters banning publications about drone attacks, presumably by Ukrainian forces.

It was unclear which strikes the court decision referred to.

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