Claim 588

The court sentenced Safronov to 22 years in prison plus a fine and restricted freedom after release.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The court sentenced Safronov to 22 years in prison plus a fine and restricted freedom after release.
Field: action
Value: 22-year sentence, September 5, 2022
About: incident 2022-russia-safronov-treason-sentence
Source: CPJ dismayed by 22-year sentence for Russian journalist Ivan Safronov
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2022-09-05

Quotation from the source

The 22-year prison sentence for Ivan Safronov, guilty of no other crime than doing his job as a journalist, is simply unacceptable