Vladimir-based Zebra TV faces a fine for quoting the governor.

Authorities accuse The editorial team was charged with violating a regional ban on publishing any information about drone incursions. The report was prompted by a July 21 post reporting a drone attack on a high-rise building in the regional center.

At the same time, the publication itself emphasizes that it merely quoted the governor. Alexandra Avdeeva, who shared details of the attack on his Telegram channel.

“In Vladimir, a UAV landed in an apartment building,”said in his post. — There were no residents there. According to preliminary reports, there were no casualties."

The head of the governor's administration's mass communications department demanded that Zebra TV be fined. Ekaterina Gutsalenko: It was on the basis of her appeal that the State Technical Supervision Authority drew up a report, under which the publication faces a fine of up to 200 thousand rubles.

A year ago, Gutsalenko herself officially clarified in response to an editorial inquiry that quoting the governor's statements did not violate the ban on disseminating information about drone attacks.

Zebra TV also notes that similar claims have been made against several other independent media outlets and bloggers.