Yevgeny Savin - Justice for Journalists

Yevgeny Savin

Affiliated media: KraSava (sports video blog), Video blogger

Incident date: February 14, 2024

Attack type:

  • arrest in absentia

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put former football player and video blogger Yevgeny Savin on the wanted list. It is unknown under what article he is wanted. According to unconfirmed reports, a criminal case was opened against Savin for «discrediting» the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) because of an interview he gave to Ksenia Sobchak in April 2023.

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