The court made a decision for the famous Russian documentary director

In Moscow, the Basmanny Court arrested the famous Russian documentary director and journalist Andrei Loshak in absentia (recognized as a foreign agent) for justifying terrorism. Information about this appeared in the electronic database of the court, TASS reports.

Loshak is charged under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Justification of terrorism using the Internet”). Details of the case are not reported. The journalist now lives abroad.

According to the agency, in 2017, Loshak became a laureate of the Russian Government Prize in the field of media for creating a series of journalistic works that became landmark in the history of modern Russian journalism.

Andrei Loshak was recognized as a foreign agent in February 2023.