A court in Yekaterinburg has again fined poet and rapper Naum Blik, also known as Dmitry Iordatii, 14,000 rubles for posting four links to materials produced by the television channel Dozhd, also known as TV Rain. An earlier ruling in the same case had been overturned by a regional court.
Mediazona, which independently examined the court proceedings, reported the new decision on October 26.
Judge Yulia Lobanova of the Leninsky District Court found Blik guilty in an administrative case involving alleged participation in the activities of an organization designated "undesirable" by Russian authorities.
The original administrative report was drawn up in April by officials from the Justice Ministry's Sverdlovsk regional office, using materials supplied by the regional communications regulator Roskomnadzor.
The case concerned four links to Dozhd publications posted on Blik's public VKontakte account and Telegram channel.
According to the case materials, the links included a report by journalist Anna Nemzer about Russia's annexation of Crimea and documentaries by Mikhail Kozyrev on the Russian rock music scene, the Bolotnaya Square protests and the political role of Vladislav Surkov.
On July 9, Judge Lobanova imposed a fine of 14,000 rubles.
In October, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court overturned that ruling. But after reconsidering the case, the same judge imposed another fine of the same amount.
The Yekaterinburg outlet It's My City spoke with Blik, who said he had not yet known about the new court decision when journalists contacted him.
Naum Blik is a poet and a figure in Yekaterinburg's hip-hop scene. He left Russia for France in the spring of 2022 and subsequently participated in public campaigns supporting Russian political prisoners.
Russia's Justice Ministry designated him a "foreign agent" in June 2025.
Russian authorities have placed Dozhd's legal entities on the list of "undesirable organizations." The designation provides for administrative, and in certain circumstances criminal, liability for actions that the authorities classify as participation in such organizations' activities.
Blik's case illustrates how sharing links to journalistic material can become grounds for prosecution under this legislation.
The appellate court's reversal of the original fine did not end the proceedings. On reconsideration, the court again found the musician guilty.