# Russia adds journalist and hugely popular YouTuber Yury Dud to terrorist and extremist registry

https://mins.news/en/item/71033

- Meduza, 2026-09-23 16:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/23/russian-state-adds-journalist-and-mega-popular-youtuber-yury-dud-to-its-terrorist-and-extremist-registry

> Russia’s financial intelligence agency has placed journalist Yury Dud on its registry of terrorists and extremists. An asterisk by his name says there is “information about [his] involvement in terrorism,” though no known terrorism case has been filed against him. Dud was previously labeled a “foreign agent,” convicted in absentia over alleged noncompliance, and later faced a legal review after his channel aired a lengthy interview with the commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, which Russia calls a terrorist organization.

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