Journalist Ludmila Pribylskaya, who cooperated with the Sputnik and Baltnews portals owned by the Rossiya Segodnya media group, was tried in Riga. She was found guilty in a criminal case and fined 7,700 euros.
Together with her, 13 other journalists writing in Russian were also accused of violating the EU sanctions. According to the Latvian authorities, their “crime” was that they worked for the “wrong” employer. In 2020, the Latvian State Security Service initiated a criminal case against these journalists, explaining their actions as a violation of the EU sanctions regime.
However, at the time of their work, the media group, Baltnews and Sputnik projects, and the journalists cooperating with them were not under the EU sanctions imposed in 2014 against Rossiya Segodnya CEO Dmitry Kiselyov.
The first person to be tried in the “case of 14 journalists” was Vladimir Dorofeev; his trial took place on April 11, and on August 26 he was fined 14,000 euros.
Together with her, 13 other journalists writing in Russian were also accused of violating the EU sanctions. According to the Latvian authorities, their “crime” was that they worked for the “wrong” employer. In 2020, the Latvian State Security Service initiated a criminal case against these journalists, explaining their actions as a violation of the EU sanctions regime.
However, at the time of their work, the media group, Baltnews and Sputnik projects, and the journalists cooperating with them were not under the EU sanctions imposed in 2014 against Rossiya Segodnya CEO Dmitry Kiselyov.
The first person to be tried in the “case of 14 journalists” was Vladimir Dorofeev; his trial took place on April 11, and on August 26 he was fined 14,000 euros.