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Elena Koneva

Elena Koneva
Incident Date: August 8, 2025
Incident Type: Fine
Institution: ExtremeScan

Summary: On August 8, 2025, sociologist Elena Koneva was fined 15,000 rubles for broadcasting on Radio Liberty. The court held Koneva liable under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of an “undesirable organization”).

Details: First Department writes that in February 2024, the Ministry of Justice added Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to the register of undesirable organizations. On March 2, 2024, Koneva was a guest on the program “A Person Has the Right,” where she commented on a survey about Russians’ attitudes toward the war in Ukraine. It was this broadcast that formed the basis for the administrative offense case. Elena Koneva is the founder of the Extremescan project.

Sources: First Department, Activatica.

8 August 2025

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Incident Date: October 30, 2025
Violation Type: in custody
Institution: BelSU

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