The owner and chief editor of The New Times magazine Evgenia Albats tweeted that the publication raised the money necessary to pay a fine of 22 million rubles..

The publication was unable to pay the fine on its own and announced a fundraising campaign.. On the fourth day, journalists managed to collect more than 25 million rubles..

THERE IS! ! ! ! ! ! At 16:30 Moscow time on November 13, on the 4th day of collection, 25 million 443 thousand 090 rubles were collected. WE DID IT! ! ! ! ! ! THANK YOU ALL! ! ! ! !.

- albats (@albats) November 13, 2016 On October 26, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow fined The New Times magazine and Yevgeny Albats 22 million rubles.. The court found that the publication violated the article of the Administrative Code, according to which the media should promptly inform Roskomnadzor about the receipt of funds. Albats said that the administrative case had been returned to the prosecutor’s office in July, and the statute of limitations had expired..