Vitaly Akhmerov - Justice for Journalists

Vitaly Akhmerov

Affiliated media: Simibirsky Shugozhor, Author of the Telegram channel

Incident date: February 22, 2024

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Simbirsky Shugozhor

Location: Russia, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Ulyanovsk

Additional information:

Vitaly Akhmerov, the author of the Telegram channel Simbirsky Shugozhor, was summoned to the police to be drawn up a report because of a post about the attempt of local activists to hold a picket in memory of Alexey Navalny. Akhmerov was charged with distributing information about a public association, which is declared «extremist» (Part 2 of Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation).

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