Andrei Karaulov
Andrei Karaulov, born 1958, Moscow. Charges: Article 128.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Defamation); “Andrey Karaulov's libel case”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Journalists · Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 128.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Defamation
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was the statement of Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov in connection with the journalist's comment about the construction of incinerators. Later, another episode was added in connection with the statement of film director Nikita Mikhalkov, whom Karaulov accused of cutting down forests in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The journalist repeatedly stated in his Telegram channel, as well as in an interview with Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon in January 2022 that the film director was cutting down forests for his furniture factory.
Latest event
June 30, 2023 — added to the register of “foreign agents”
Timeline
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Persecution begins
Andrey Karaulov's libel case
Criminal case
Andrey Karaulov's libel case
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Full summary
A former presenter on federal channels, for many years he hosted the Moment of Truth programme. Left Russia after the start of a full-scale invasion. In the autumn of 2022, a libel case was brought against him in connection with a statement by Sergei Chemezov, head of Rostec, over the journalist's words about the construction of incinerators. Karaulov was put on a wanted list. In March 2023, it became known that another libel case was brought against him - this time because of the statement of film director Nikita Mikhalkov, whom the journalist accused of deforestation in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The two cases were later merged. In April 2023, the Kommersant newspaper reported that a case of illegal business activity had been opened against Karaulov because at least 50 flats in Moscow were registered to him and his relatives, which, according to the investigation, the journalist illegally rented out through third parties. The journalist's lawyer said that the criminal case, "if was initiated, then was initiated against unidentified persons." We do not have sufficient grounds to consider this case political. In June 2023, Karaulov was included in the register of "foreign agents".
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