# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2022-russia-safronov-treason-sentence)
- Source: CPJ dismayed by 22-year sentence for Russian journalist Ivan Safronov. https://cpj.org/2022/09/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

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