Lawyer, was previously a member of "Team 29". Together with Ivan Pavlov, they became the first advocates included in the register of media recognised as “foreign agents”.
Name
Valeria Vetoshkina
Field of activity
Human rights organizations with a wide range of causes
Recognitions
Status
Foreign agent (individual media)
Year of recognition
2021
Inclusion date
08.11.2021
Reason for recognition
The Ministry of Justice considered the transfer of 16,000 rubles from the Memorial Human Rights Center as payment for the provision of OVD-Info services, as well as 5,000 rubles of reimbursement of payment for a trip to a human rights seminar in 2021, to be foreign funding. The department called Vetoshkina's posts on social networks and comments for the publications Radio Liberty, Sever.Realii, Krym.Realii, Current Time, Meduza, Voice of America as political activity.
Chronology
- Addition to the list: Foreign agent (individual media)