Vyacheslav Yashchenko
Affiliated media: Caucasian Knot, Correspondent
Incident date: January 18, 2024
Attack type:
- Search with a court decree
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: OVD-Info
Location: Russia, Volgograd Oblast, Volgograd
Additional information:
The flat of the correspondent of Caucasian Knot in Volgograd Vyacheslav Yashchenko was searched in the case of military «fakes» (Paragraph E of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) opened against Yevgeny Kochegin, ex-coordinator of Navalny’s headquarters in Volgograd. A laptop and data carriers were seized from the journalist. According to the law enforcers, Yashchenko is a witness in the case. The search warrant said that Yashchenko might know about Kochegin’s location and their correspondence might contain information «confirming the fact of the committed crime».