# Claim 717

Meduza reported that Moscow's Tverskoy District Court fined The New Times and its editor-in-chief, Yevgenia Albats, 22 million rubles (about $335,000) on October 26, 2018.

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

- Statement: Meduza reported that Moscow's Tverskoy District Court fined The New Times and its editor-in-chief, Yevgenia Albats, 22 million rubles (about $335,000) on October 26, 2018.
- Field: action
- Value: Tverskoy court fines New Times 22M rubles
- About: [incident 2018-russia-fines-the-new-times](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-russia-fines-the-new-times)
- Source: Moscow court slaps independent magazine with crippling 22-million-ruble fine for late paperwork. https://meduza.io/en/news/2018/10/27/moscow-court-slaps-independent-magazine-with-crippling-22-million-ruble-fine-for-late-paperwork
- Publisher: Meduza
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2018-10-27

## Quotation from the source

> On October 26, Moscow's Tverskoy District Court fined the independent magazine The New Times and its chief editor, Evgeniya Albats, 22 million rubles ($335,000)

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