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Janina Sokolovskaia
Journalists
1971-06-07
Не в России
Moscow
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Ukrainian journalist who co-operated with Russian media. On 26 July 2023, it became known that a criminal case on military "fakes" was opened against Sokolovska. The journalist's Moscow flat was searched. According to RBC, Sokolovskaya and her family left Russia for Europe after the outbreak of a full-scale war. On 23 January 2025, the journalist was sentenced to seven and a half years in absentia.
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