{
  "id": 9378325,
  "title": "Russian state adds journalist and mega-popular YouTuber Yury Dud to its terrorist and extremist registry",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/russian-state-adds-journalist-and-mega-popular-youtuber-yury-dud-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T16:55:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/23/russian-state-adds-journalist-and-mega-popular-youtuber-yury-dud-to-its-terrorist-and-extremist-registry"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russia's financial intelligence agency, Rosfinmonitoring, has included journalist Yury Dud on its list of terrorists and extremists. The asterisk next to Dud's name signifies that there is \"information about [his] involvement in terrorism.\" However, there is no known criminal case against him for terrorism charges. In April 2022, Russia's Justice Ministry labeled Dud as a \"foreign agent.\" In the summer of 2025, a criminal investigation commenced into Dud's alleged breach of his \"foreign agent\" obligations. In November of the same year, a court sentenced Dud in his absence to one year and 10 months in a penal colony. In April 2026, Dud's YouTube channel shared a nearly five-hour interview with Denis Kapustin, the commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC). Russia has labeled the RVC as a \"terrorist organization.\" Shortly after the interview's release, the Investigative Committee's head, Alexander Bastrykin, directed officials to \"conduct a legal review\" of Dud's actions. This report, written by a Meduza journalist and translated from Russian using an AI model, adheres to Meduza's strict editorial standards and undergoes a thorough review by an editor before publication. If you discover any errors in this translation, please contact reports@meduza.io.",
  "summary": "Russia’s financial intelligence agency, Rosfinmonitoring, has added journalist Yury Dud to its registry of terrorists and extremists.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Russian journalist and YouTuber Yury Dud is now on the state’s ‘terrorist and extremist’ registry. What does that mean legally for his audience?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/russian-journalist-and-youtuber-yury-dud-is-now-on-the-states",
        "published": "2026-09-23T19:26:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}