April 14, 2026
Former Ekho Moskvy editor-in-chief charged with ‘undesirable organization’ violations, Mediazona reports
A Moscow court has received an administrative charge against Alexei Venediktov, the former editor-in-chief of the shuttered Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy, the independent Russian news outlet Mediazona reported on April 14.
TL;DR
- Alexei Venediktov, former editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy, faces an administrative charge in Moscow.
- The charge relates to participation in the activities of an 'undesirable' organization.
- The specific organization and the reasons for the charge are not yet known.
- Venediktov previously led Ekho Moskvy until its closure in 2022 and is now part of a YouTube project, Zhivoi Gvozd.
- He was designated a foreign agent by Russian authorities in 2022.
- Ekho, a project launched in Germany after the station's closure, was designated an undesirable organization in 2025.
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