Claim 589

Safronov worked as a military correspondent for Kommersant and Vedomosti before the charges.

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

Statement: Safronov worked as a military correspondent for Kommersant and Vedomosti before the charges.
Field: scope_of_action
Value: 2019 reporting on jet sales to Egypt
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

Safronov worked as a military correspondent for Kommersant and Vedomosti newspapers.