Oksana Barsheva
- Criminal Code
- Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases against "foreign agents"
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Case summary
Journalist, from 1991 to 2022 she was a presenter at Ekho Moskvy radio station. In 2017, she left Russia. In September 2023, the Ministry of Justice added her to the list of "foreign agents". After that, she was fined five times in administrative cases for failing to fulfil her duties as a "foreign agent".
On 29 September 2025, the IC reported that a criminal case had been opened against the journalist for evading her duties as a "foreign agent".
Others charged under Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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