RIA Novosti reports this with reference to the court.

“Venediktov A.A. found guilty... and punished with an administrative fine in the amount of 45 thousand rubles,” the court said.

Earlier, the head of the department for control and supervision in the field of electronic communications of Roskomnadzor, Evgeny Zaitsev, said that over two years the agency imposed fines on foreign agents amounting to more than 1 billion rubles.

* Included in the register of individuals performing the functions of a foreign agent by decision of the Russian Ministry of Justice dated April 22, 2022.