Lukas Latz

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: June 5, 2019

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences
• Forced emigration as a result of legal / economic pressure

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Moscow Times

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

The police questioned Lukas Latz, a student from Germany because of an interview with activists of the environmental movement Stop GOK. They told that he had violated immigration laws by working as a journalist without permission. However, even after Lutz paid the fine, police continued to ask why he wrote about Stop GOK and whether he considered this movement extremist. Lukas was expelled from the university and as a result was forced to leave Russia.