Vyacheslav Yashchenko - Justice for Journalists

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».

Help Ukrainian Media:

Gofundme campaign (by Jakub Parusinski) or 2402.org (by Zaborona Media) or IFJ/EFJ Safety Fund