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Mikhail Zygar
who
Journalists
birthday
1981-01-31
current location
Не в России
region
Moscow
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Journalist, former editor-in-chief of the Dozhd TV channel. In October 2022, recognised as a "foreign agent". On 12 March 2024, a criminal case was brought against Zygar for disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. On 23 July 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years.
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