Yulia Starostina, a former journalist for The Bell and Proekt, was charged with an administrative protocol on “discrediting” the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). She told the Dozhd TV channel about this.
Why she was charged is unknown. According to the journalist, she learned about the case on the website of the Moscow City Court.
“I advise everyone to monitor their last name there! It is not yet clear what exactly attracted the attention of the state and became a reason for pressure. I temporarily suspend my volunteer assistance to refugees from Ukraine, but I continue to work as a journalist,” Starostina said.
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Since April 2022, Yulia Starostina has been collecting and delivering humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees every week, who are in a temporary accommodation center in Russia and are unable to rent housing and work.
Yulia Starostina is one of the heroines of Dozhd’s report about how people with anti-war views who remain in Russia live and who helps Ukrainian refugees.
Since March 2022, in Russia, according to Mediazona, more than five thousand cases of “discrediting” the Russian army have been opened, about a third of them initiated for posts on social networks. Among the leaders in terms of the number of cases brought under this article are Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Krasnodar Territory.
