Ruslan Youloy

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: February 15, 2023

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via judicial and/or economic pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: YouTube channel Insaf

Location: Russia, Republic of Ingushetia, Yandare

Additional information:

Opposition Ingush blogger Ruslan Youloy reported that his father was visited by officers of the republic’s Central Investigative Committee in the Ingush village Yandare. The law enforcers asked Youloy’s father questions about his son, said that Ruslan was a member of the Committee for Ingush Independence and summoned his father for interrogation. Ruslan Yoloy denies membership in the organisation, but stresses that he shares «the aspirations of the brothers who created it» and opposes the war in Ukraine.