The Moscow prosecutor’s office is checking journalist Yuri Dud (known in the Russian Federation as a foreign media agent) for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which was the reason for his interview with Victoria and Vadim Tsyganov. This was reported by TASS Citing a law enforcement source.
“Currently, the Moscow prosecutor’s office is conducting an investigation against journalist Yuri Aleksandrovich Dudya for the existence of a crime,” the message said.
Previously reportedthat they wanted to accuse Dudya (who is known in the Russian Federation as a foreign media agent) of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces after his interview with singer Vika Tsyganova and her husband. According to the information channel, the head of the Federal Security and Anti-Corruption Project (FPBC) Vitaly Borodin appealed to the Prosecutor General with a request to check the statements of the journalist who “made a speech, rudely condemning the special operation.” “The cynical attitude towards SVO participants has damaged the reputation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – and all this amidst praise from the United States.”
The journalist’s interview with Tsyganova was watched 3.7 million times. 10.3 million people subscribed to the “vDud” channel.
At the end of October, an interview with Vadim and Vika Tsyganov was published on the VDud YouTube channel. At the beginning of the speech, the journalist thanked the interviewees for being among the first people in a year to agree to speak with Dudem, despite having different political views than the interviewer.
Previously Peskov called notices “disgusting”.