# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-russia-fines-the-new-times)
- Source: Independent Russian magazine spared extinction by readers covering mammoth 'political' fine. https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2018/11/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

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