A protocol was drawn up against the publicist and editor-in-chief of a magazine about federalism, Vadim Shtepa, regarding his participation in an “undesirable” organization

The Petrozavodsk City Court of Karelia has received materials from the administrative case against publicist Vadim Shtepa, Mediazona noted.

A protocol was drawn up against the publicist regarding participation in the activities of an “undesirable” organization (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code). What caused this is still unknown. A trial date has not yet been set.

Vadim Shtepa — editor-in-chief of the magazine «Region.Expert» on regionalism and federalism in Russia; writes columns for Radio Liberty and the Reforum project, created with the support of the Free Russia Foundation, which has been declared “undesirable” in Russia. Shtepa has not lived in Russia since 2015.

A similar protocol was drawn up in January against the writer Dmitry Bykov, who left Russia. An administrative case was opened because of Bykov’s interview with musician Boris Grebenshchikov on the YouTube channel of Novaya Gazeta. Europe,” which the Prosecutor General’s Office declared an “undesirable” organization in June 2023.

Punishment under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for citizens involves a fine of 5 to 15 thousand rubles, and for a repeated “offense” a criminal case for carrying out the activities of an “undesirable” organization is threatened (284.1 of the Criminal Code).

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