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Claim 722

ICIJ reported that after the roughly $340,000 fine, The New Times and Yevgenia Albats raised the funds to pay it through a reader crowdfunding campaign.

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

Statement: ICIJ reported that after the roughly $340,000 fine, The New Times and Yevgenia Albats raised the funds to pay it through a reader crowdfunding campaign.
Field: status
Value: fine paid via reader crowdfunding
About: incident 2018-russia-fines-the-new-times
Source: Independent Russian magazine spared extinction by readers covering mammoth 'political' fine
Publisher: ICIJ
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2018-11

Quotation from the source

The court fined Albats and the online magazine The New Times more than $340,000 for allegedly failing to report donations received from readers