An auction will be held in Yekaterinburg to raise 550 rubles to pay a fine for an independent media outlet.
Over the past year, the online publication "Evening News" got Several fines totaling one million rubles were issued for publishing news about anti-war protests.
Almost 450 were raised through a reader fundraiser. Another 550 were raised by journalists. plan will be collected as part of the Press Investigation festival, which will take place on December 9 and 10.
It all started when the guys from the Yekaterinburg project “Space of Politics” proposed to hold an auction, — she said
"NeMoskve" director of "Vecherniye Vedomosti" Guzel Aitkulova. - But when we started discussing this idea, we realized that we had enough energy for an entire festival.
On the first day, the editorial team will hold debates with its readers and also present a stand-up comedy show about funny and absurd stories from professional practice.
On the second day, there will be an auction, in which you can participate offline or online take Anyone is welcome to participate. Lots will be provided by Ural artists and colleagues from other editorial offices, including Novaya Gazeta.
The auction will also feature works by the PSLC team, which created the "GruZ200" and "PiZdets" stickers last year. It was for publishing a story about these stickers that Vecherniye Vedomosti received its first fine for discrediting the army.
Links to the online broadcast and details for helping the editors can be found here.